Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981 in New York City) is an American heiress of the Hilton Hotel fortune, a socialite, model, singer, actress, and writer. She is commonly described as a "celebutante," a portmanteau of "celebrity" and "debutante"; in other words, "famous for being famous".

Hacked address book

On February 19, 2005, the contents of Hilton's personal T-Mobile account were posted to the Internet. They included phone numbers (which included many celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Fred Durst, Eminem, Lindsay Lohan, Jay-Z, Anna Kournikova, Snoop Dogg, Andy Roddick, Benjie Paras, Avril Lavigne, Frankie Muniz, Ashlee Simpson, Jerry Yan), notes (with even more numbers and email addresses and reminders such as her date to host Saturday Night Live), and thirty-five digital snapshots. In two of the leaked photos, Hilton is standing topless next to the MTV Latin America's VJ Eglantina Zingg, whom she kisses. This further added to the speculation that Hilton might be gay or bisexual. Many of her notes showed heavy usage of Internet slang.

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February 19 - 2005 - T-Mobile - Internet - Christina Aguilera - Fred Durst - Eminem - Lindsay Lohan - Jay-Z - Anna Kournikova - Snoop Dogg - Andy Roddick - Benjie Paras - Avril Lavigne - Frankie Muniz - Ashlee Simpson - Jerry Yan - Saturday Night Live - Topless - MTV - Latin America - VJ - Eglantina Zingg - Internet slang

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Within days, it was revealed http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/01/01/paris.html that Hilton's account could be accessed by anyone guessing the answer to the "forgotten password" challenge question she chose: "What is your favorite pet's name?" As the answer to this question is a matter of public record, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1560250/ an anonymous party was able to guess it and notify the press.

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In September, it was reported that a 17-year old teenager in Massachusetts plead guilty to accessing Hilton's account and making bomb threats. He was sentenced to 11 months in a juvenile detention center and prohibited from using computers or other devices that can connect to the internet for two years. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17366,00.htmlhttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/15/content_3493123.htm

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Plead guilty - Bomb threat - Juvenile detention

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