FBI track hacker using a photo of his girlfriend's boobs

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These Breasts Nailed a Hacker For the FBI

Last week, Higinio O. Ochoa III was charged by the FBI with hacking into US law enforcement agencies and releasing phone numbers and home addresses of police officers. You're looking at the evidence the FBI used to nail him.



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Here is what happened: back in February, Ochoa allegedly posted a tweet using the handle @Anonw0rmer. In that tweet, he directed followers to a site in which he posted pilfered information from various law enforcement agency websites. At the bottom of that site there was the image of this woman, now identified as his girlfriend, with a sign that read "PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w <3 u BiTch's !"

The picture—taken with an iPhone—had GPS information which showed that the photo was taken at the woman's home in Wantirna South. The GPS information was embedded in the photo's EXIF data (EXIF is a set of standard tags that includes information such as location, camera type, and other image information in every photo you take with your smartphone).

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http://gizmodo.com/5901430/these-breasts-nailed-anonymous-hacker-in-fbi-case

He didn't know about GPS exif data?

[OriginalGeek]

1. He hacked poorly

lol...ALWAYS re-save the image and strip out the exif.

[AnneD]

2. The Clenis striks again...

he gives boobs a bad name.

[rug]

3. He himself was disguised however.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Only a boob would share photos of his girlfriend's. n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Subconsciously, he wanted to be caught. He just HAD to prove to the world that...

..he finally got a girlfriend.

[chrisa]

6. Fail

[AmazingSchnitzel]

7. What a genius...

[guitar man]

8. he's going to jail I assume

so.... I wonder where she is

[NewJeffCT]

9. She's now

the girlfriend of the lead FBI agent...

[RedCloud]

10. A most titillating story.