At Least 10 Celebrities Reportedly Have Their Cell Phones Hacked And Are Being Blackmailed

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At Least 10 Celebrities Reportedly Have Their Cell Phones Hacked + Being Blackmailedhttps://t.co/47NwtDZe8x pic.twitter.com/6ndWzStMQh

— Soompi (@soompi) January 8, 2020

On January 8, Dispatch reported that at least 10 celebrities have been hacked including Joo Jin Mo, two other actors, an idol, a director, and a famous chef. (Joo Jin Mo’s agency previously announced on January 7 that legal action will be taken for the actor’s phone being hacked.)

Dispatch stated, “A hacker who refers to him or herself as ‘Black Hacker’ hacked the cell phones of famous figures including celebrities through their cloud storage, stole their personal text messages, photos, and videos, and is threatening them by asking for money from 50 million won (approximately $42,600) up to more than 1 billion won (approximately $852,000).”

Joo Jin Mo was threatened with text messages, while another actor was threatened with photos and texts. The idol and chef were threatened with photos, videos, and texts. When Joo Jin Mo did not pay, the hacker emailed text messages he exchanged with another actor to hundreds of media outlets.

The idol is reported to have paid the hacker after being blackmailed.

source: @soompi, soompi, naver 1 2

Comments

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

Yikes but also if you leave so many trails.... isn’t it more likely you’ll be caught lol

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

surprised this doesn't happen a lot more knowing sasaeng culture. or it just isnt talked about :(

[tungatunga.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that they already did this. After all SK rely on IE and ActiveX plug ins for security.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

The fappening Korea? I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

No one should be blackmailed for their private lives. I hope they find him and charge him.

[baekpedaling.livejournal.com]

If i was a celeb I'd have two phones. One the public knew about and where i would talk to people I dont care about, with no photos or nothing. Then I'd have a secret phone with all my friends/members and that's not hooked up to a phone plan, just like a wifi hotspot i carry around