A man accused of hacking into the the computers of actresses Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson and singer Christina Aguilera was charged this week with hacking at least one additional actress, federal officials said.
Working from his home computer in Jacksonville, Fla., authorities say, Christopher Chaney, 35, allegedly hacked into the email accounts of several celebrities. Authorities say he did it the hard way.
Mining details of the stars’ personal lives in celebrity magazines and websites as well as Twitter and Facebook posts, Chaney looked for potential passwords that would give him access to their accounts, the FBI said.
Federal officials added an additional allegation of hacking into the account of another unnamed actress.
But new court records obtained by the Associated Press, which first reported the new case, show that he now faces 28 criminal counts. Chaney was charged earlier this month.
The case brings us to a new word in expanding lexicon of cyber-crime —'hackerrazzi,' " Steven Martinez, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office said at a news conference announcing the charges.
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