A Florida man has been charged with hacking into the email accounts of Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera, Scarlett Johansson and dozens of other celebrities to steal photos, emails and other documents. Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville was nabbed following an 11-month police investigation dubbed “Operation Hackerazzi,” according to an FBI statement this week. Once he had access to a victim's email account, which he obtained by using publicly available information, he allegedly changed the settings so that all of their emails would be automatically forwarded to him. He also stole private photos, which he offered to celebrity blogs. Chaney was charged with accessing and damaging protected computers without authorization, wiretapping and aggravated identity theft. He faces up to 121 years in prison.
Malicious Chrome web store extensions identified SecurityWeek reports that more than 30 malicious extensions in the Google Chrome web store with nearly 87 million total user downloads have been discovered to have obfuscated code enabling JavaScript code-injection by third-party websites to all visited websites.
Ninety-two more apps, nearly half of which are on Google Play, that have cumulatively amassed more than 30 million installations were discovered to be compromised with the SpinOk malware, which has been distributed through a malicious software development kit supply chain attack, BleepingComputer reports.
FedScoop reports that a new interim rule prohibiting the use of TikTok across all government employees' and contractors' devices has been released by the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.