Realtors hack competitor email

Three real estate agents in Rockingham, N.C. were charged with illegally accessing a Hotmail account belonging to the  employee of a competitor. RE/MAX Tri City Realty agents Wendy Robson Massagee, 43; Kim Dawn Whitley, 40; and Jamie Moss-Godfrey, 41, allegedly used the victim's username and password to access the account and view work-related emails, according to a report in the Richmond County (N.C.) Daily Journal. All three were released and are scheduled to appear in local court on April 23. — AM

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