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Bush, Powell hacker hits 'Sex and the City' author


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 00:53:28 -0500 (CDT)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/8/bush-powell-hacker-hits-sex-and-city-author/

By Shaun Waterman
The Washington Times
May 8, 2013

A conspiracy-obsessed hacker who recently targeted George W. Bush and Colin Powell has stolen and posted online the opening pages of an unfinished novel by "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell.

"Guccifer," the hacker who has posted about the alleged centuries-old secret conspiracy by the Illuminati to rule the world, tweeted links to the stolen pages of Ms. Bushnell’s new book “Killing Monica” on Tuesday.

To add insult to injury, the hacker tweeted the links out on the author’s own Twitter feed, having broken into her account, according to Gawker.

Guccifer went on to intercept and post Ms. Bushnell’s worried emails to her publisher about the link, having apparently hacked into her email as well.

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