The kids reportedly manipulated a T-Mobile employee into giving them access to a site that listed customer telephone numbers.īecause the hackers had already learned how to reset the password on any T-Mobile account if they knew the phone number, they locked Hilton out of her phone and T-Mobile account and accessed all of her texts, video and photos - including several nude images. In the case of The Simple Life reality star, this involved a simple phone call. In 2005, young heiress Paris Hilton's T-Mobile account was broken into using 'social engineering' - tricking people into breaching security protocols or turning over confidential information.
One of the first major hacks that violated a female celebrity's privacy was committed by a group of sneaky teen hackers.
