Nicholas Jacobsen is a hacker who had illegal access to the private information of T-Mobile customers for at least a year.[1][2] He was arrested after an investigation by the United States Secret Service in October 2004 and pleaded guilty at trial as part of a plea agreement.[3][4][5]

Jacobsen's cyber targets were reported to include Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick II,[6] in addition to exposing documents emailed to an agent by the Secret Service.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Michael Daly (23 February 2005). "World Wild Web Of Paris Hacker". New York Daily News. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Kevin Poulsen (11 January 2005). "Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems". SecurityFocus. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Kevin Poulsen (28 February 2005). "Known Hole Aided T-Mobile Breach". Wired. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Kevin Poulsen (16 February 2005). "T-Mobile hacker pleads guilty". SecurityFocus. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Computer Hacker Who Victimized T-Mobile Pleads Guilty in Los Angeles Federal Court (February 15, 2005)". www.justice.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. ↑ Schell, Bernadette H. (2006). Webster's new world hacker dictionary. Clemens Martin. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Pub. ISBN 0-470-04752-6. OCLC 67840235.
  7. ↑ Srivastava, Dr. Sandeep; Goyal, Er. Meera; Porwal, Shalu (2021). E-Commerce. SBPD Publications. p. 322.
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