July 24, 2011

Man Gets 4 Years for Facebook Stalking

[From article]
"He looked for email accounts on Facebook pages then gleaned enough personal information from postings to answer basic security questions, such as the name of an elementary school or favorite color.
[. . .]
"The victims we went to said 'I had very robust passwords.' But it didn't matter how robust the password was if the recovery question is easy," he said. "Lost your password? What's your favorite color or what high school did you go to? Or what's your dog's name? And he was able to glean that information from social media."
[. . .]
Authorities started investigating after one victim called Connecticut State Police, which referred the complaint to the California Highway Patrol.
Victims turned up in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington."

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/22/2325671/sentencing-expected-for-calif.html

Calif. man gets 4 years for stalking on Facebook
By JUDY LIN
Associated Press
July 22, 2011

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