Hackers expose celebrity finances
Authorities and celebrities are grappling with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars such as Jay-Z and Mel Gibson.
Los Angeles police and the FBI said they were aware of the pages but declined to confirm they were investigating the site, which posted purported Social Security numbers and credit reports of the leaders of both agencies. Pages posted on Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not include credit reports but included addresses and other sensitive information.
Social Security numbers posted on Gibson, Jay-Z and others matched records in public databases. The site, which bore an internet suffix originally assigned to the Soviet Union, remained active on Monday afternoon (Tuesday, NZ time). It did not state how the information was obtained or why the 11 people targeted on the site were selected, describing the records only as "secret files."
