- Terrorism and Identity Theft
- Who Are Identity Thieves?
- What Do Identity Thieves Do?
- College Students and Identity Theft
- Malware and Macs
- Dumpster Diving
- You Are Only As Safe As the Places That Have Your Information
- They Should Know Better
- Hackers
- Identity Theft Risk in Old Gaming Consoles
- The Drug Connection
- Phishing
- Federal Express Phishing Scam
- Newegg Phishing Scam
- Former Good Advice
- More Good Advice to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Phishing
- The Dangers of Aquaman
- Iron Man 3
- Nude Photos of Carla Bruni
- Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Another Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Phishing with a Large Net
- Phishing Around the World
- Spearphishing
- How Do You Know That You Have Become a Victim of Phishing?
- Reloading
- Identity Theft Through Internet Phone Calls
- What Do Kim Kardashian and Michelle Obama Have in Common?
- USB Sticks and Identity Theft
- Internet of Things
- What You Can Do to Prevent Identity Theft
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Nude Photos of Carla Bruni
The promise of nude photographs of Carla Bruni, the attractive wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, was used to phish into the computers of dozens of diplomats attending the 2011 Group of 20 economic summit. This group, generally referred to as the G20, is an organization of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major world economies. The ministers each received an e-mail with the subject line being “French first lady nude photos” and containing a link to connect to those photos. According to a French government source, almost all the ministers and bank governors receiving the e-mail took the bait and clicked on the link, which indeed did take them to nude photos of Carla Bruni. However, by clicking on the link, the ministers and bank governors also unwittingly downloaded keystroke-logging malware that was used to steal information from the computers of those hacked. It is worth noting that before becoming the wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni was a model, actress, and singer who often posed nude, and her nude pictures can be readily accessed on the Internet without the viewer having to click on tainted links. The goal of the hackers from China who perpetrated this crime was most likely to obtain important financial information from these ministers and governors. The promise of nude photos being used to lure people into clicking on tainted links is nothing new. Every year this type of scam catches many unwary people.