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hacker Cameron Lacroix

[WHAT]

1. ] former teen hacker Cameron Lacroix, now 26, and a lifelong resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts,
2. ] warns that despite security upgrades at major retail chains that have been victimized, he could do it again, big companies are “absolutely” still vulnerable to hacking
3. ] Armed with little more than a $300 Toshiba laptop from Best Buy,
4. ] stole nude photos from Paris Hilton’s cellphone and swiped a half million dollars from unsuspecting consumers
5. ] tells NBC News – and his most famous victim -- that he’s sorry for what he did.
6. ] Lacroix is  about to report to federal prison to begin a four-year sentence,

[WHY]

1. ] stole nude photos from Paris Hilton’s cellphone
2. ] hacking the Twitter account of Burger King to
3. ] forging gift cards to stealing thousands of credit card numbers.
4. ] he’s even hacked federal law enforcement databases. 
5. ] making bomb threats to two high schools, and
6. ] also admitted attacking the LexisNexis database.
7. ] Authorities estimate that Lacroix, who was known by online handles like “cam0” and “Freak,” has done more than $1 million in damage to private firms.
8. ] used some of the funds to underwrite his growing dependence on opiates.

[WHERE]

1. ] http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/ex-teen-hacker-tells-paris-hilton-hes-sorry-n239601

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