Hacker Goes After Fashion Pictures

Tuesday, 21 December 2010 | by Pat's Picks

State secrets aren’t the only motivation for hackers—sometimes they just want some pretty pictures. The New York Post says the FBI raided the home of a 22-year-old Ohio man accused of hacking into a Conde Nast server and downloading several exclusive photos. The man, who runs a fashion blog, says he stole the pictures so he could be the first to post them online. He told authorities he had hacked into Warner Bros servers with a similar aim.

The Smoking Gun has a great article on the fashion hacker, Ross Ulrich, including a still from his now defunct website and scene of the crime, FashionZag.com:

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