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Pottsville Snapchat Hacker Who Sold Woman's Nudes Gets Short Prison Stay Pottsville Snapchat Hacker Who Sold Woman's Nudes Gets Short Prison Stay
Brandon Boyer Sentenced For Snapchat Hack For Nudes To Sell A Pottsville man will spend 18 months behind bars for hacking into social media accounts to steal and sell explicit photos of the victims, according to the US Attorney's Office.  Brandon Boyer, 34, will also spend two years on supervised release, prosecutors said.  Investigators said Boyer contacted the victims using an account that appeared to be Snapchat affiliated, then coaxed them to reset their passwords and send him the verification codes that were generated, a technique known as "phishing." Authorities said he stole photos from the private sections of the victims' accounts…

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Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack
Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends Nsfw Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Elementary schools across the US are urging parents to not open the messages on the Seesaw app after an apparent hack sent out "inappropriate" images starting on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.  "The platform was hacked and is experiencing a nationwide issue where some school district families and teachers were receiving links/URLs to inappropriate images," officials at a Schodock elementary school in New York said on its website.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seesaw (@seesawlearning) Most schools are simply asking parents and guard…

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PennLive Twitter Hacker Goes On Racist, Homophobic Tirade PennLive Twitter Hacker Goes On Racist, Homophobic Tirade
PennLive Twitter Hacker Goes On Racist, Homophobic Tirade A hacker took over PennLive’s Twitter feed making random and often racist posts early Friday morning. The news outlet posted a statement saying the account got hacked around 2 a.m. Good morning! This is @cmautner from PennLive’s staff. As you might have noticed, our Twitter accounts were hacked after 2 a.m. The situation is still ongoing. Thank you to our readers who contacted us. — PennLive.com (@PennLive) January 14, 2022 Many followers of the account have awoken to more than a dozen odd, and often racist and homophobic tweets posted by the @PennLive account – including one where th…

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