Teen Pleads Guilty to Hacking Paris Hilton's Phone
September 19, 2005
The EcommerceTimes reports that a 17-year-old Massachusetts has been sentenced to 11 months juvenile detention for hacking Paris Hilton's cell phone earlier this year. The teens name is not being released at this time.
The youth pleaded guilty to breaking into the phone, stealing photos and phone numbers from the hotel heiress and posting them on the Internet.
The boy also pleaded guilty to making bomb threats at two high schools and hacking a phone company's computer system to set up free cellular accounts for friends. He also attacked the data-collection firm LexisNexis Group that exposed personal records of more than 300,000 consumers, the Post said.
Prosecutors said the teen's victims suffered about US$1 million in damages.
The Justice Department said it is continuing its investigation of the teen's associates but "it could be some time" before the case is wrapped up.
