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Cameron LaCroix

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Cameron LaCroix
Other namescamo, cam0, camZero, cmuNNY
Years activec. 1999 – c. 2019[1]
Known forHacking Paris Hilton's cell phone, accessing LexisNexis, and defacing Burger King's Twitter account

Cameron LaCroix, aka camo, cam0, camZero, cmuNNY, is an American computer hacker best known for the hacking of Paris Hilton's cellular phone,[2] accessing LexisNexis, and defacing Burger King's Twitter account.[3] He has also been convicted of intentionally causing damage to a protected computer system, obtaining information from a protected computer system, wire fraud, and aggravated identity fraud.[4] Prosecutors said victims of the teen's actions have suffered about $1 million in damages.[3] Pursuant to a plea agreement signed by the juvenile in August 2005, he received 11 months in a federal juvenile detention facility. In January 2007 his supervised release was revoked due to possession of a cell phone.[3]

In June 2008, an indictment for Cameron LaCroix was returned from New Bedford Superior Court in Bristol County on a series of counts for computer offenses.[5]

References

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  • Shapiro, Scott J. (23 May 2023). Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks (EPUB). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-60118-8.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Shapiro (2023)
  2. ^ Brian Krebs (13 September 2005); "Teen Pleads Guilty to Hacking Paris Hilton's Phone". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Brian Krebs (February 27, 2007). "They'll Always Have Paris". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. ^ "Slip Opinions | Social Law Library | Boston, MA".
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH v. CAMERON LACROIX, Defendant". 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.

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