‘It’s True’: Arianna Huffington’s Email Allegedly Hacked by Nigerian Scam Artists
- Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:23pm by
Erica Ritz
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Reports are confirming that the Arianna Huffington’s email account was indeed hacked by Nigerian scam artists, following a dubious email sent by the woman’s AOL account to various contacts in her address book.
The email allegedly read: “I uploaded an important document I want you to see.”
It then told readers: “Click here to view the document using google docs, just sign in with your email.”
Recipients were then redirected to a fraudulent website that asked readers for their respective usernames and passwords, thereby repeating the cycle and enabling the hackers to access all of their personal accounts.
(Photo: Gawker)
“Arianna’s AOL account emailed me (presumably a virus) this morning,” one of the email’s unlucky recipients reportedly remarked. “I wonder who will be castrated for this oversight.”
Arianna Huffington reportedly confirmed the hack in an email to Gawker‘s Maureen O’Connor, saying: “Our tech department investigated and discovered it was hackers from Nigeria, and no I’m not giving up my AOL email.”
Gawker relates the entire conversation:
(Photo: Gawker)
At least the email was somewhat believable– though it would have been funnier if the Huffington Post’s famous namesake clicked on an email from a desperate Nigerian “prince” who sincerely promised that she is actually part of the country’s royal family.
(H/T: Gawker)
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Comments (42)
babylonvi
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 3:07pmThis is NOT hacking, it is ‘Social Engineering”, getting the victim to willingly provide the information. Obviously she is not smart enough to delete without opening mail from people she does not know.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:19pmThe “technical” term is ‘phishing’.
Report Post »gun advocate
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 2:57pmThis could not happen to a better phony she married to get into this coountry and is the female version of Obumn*t’s
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:20pmHow can such a ditzy woman be so rich; this, this, if anything, proves the hypothesis that life’s not fair. lol
:)
Report Post »bmel
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 10:32amwell,darhhlink, maybe zis way some of the stimulis $$$ can actually go to someone other than a Democratic operative.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 10:06amCouldn’t have happened to a BETTER PERSON! :)
Report Post »matt708
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 9:17amshe still doesn’t speak english properly, get rid of that fake accent
Report Post »raderby
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:04am1. not all that smart, are you [fake name]?
Report Post »2. you are George Soros in drag, anyway, right?
3. why “castrate” ? – what if the hacker is a woman? or is she as sexually confused as Huffnpuff? (blow her house down)
R2
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:19amHow do they know it was from Nigeria?? A good hacker would route it though different countries and them let it be found in one of them.
And who cares about this B*tch anyway, she is a communist
Report Post »sp1223c
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:01pmWhen I was young, commies where our enemy, when my grandfather was young,people like her and Van would be wearing a hemp necktie Traitors!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:52amLions, Tigers, Bears… Oh, my…
Or should I say… Arianna Huffington, Nigerian hackers, and MSNBC…. Oh my!
Add a little Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and all of Obama‘s staff and we’ll have a complete little commie party to Oh, my about….
Report Post »What did I just say? Oh, my!
txn4justice
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 9:50pmIt is always ‘Nigerian Scam-artists”.
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:46pmThe woman is a hack.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:31pmA hack…is hacked…by…a Hack! Who wudda gestit? Nothin’ta come of it. They’re all from the same hidden agenda….wonder what their hiding under this “cover”?
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:49pm‘IT’S TRUE’: ARIANNA HUFFINGTON’S face ALLEGEDLY HACKED BY NIGERIAN wielding a machete’
Report Post »sickofthelies
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:10pmIt was Bush’s fault
Report Post »Leadthemtothelight
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 6:35pmReally?????? This is news worthy? Who cares………
Report Post »Micah.Stone
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 6:22pmIn case you were wonder just how stupid a lunatic-left d-cRAT socialist extremist really is…
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matinva
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 6:18pmCastrated? Really? That pimple on Arianna’s a$$ represents the sum total of the ‘balls’ of the Democraphead party.
Report Post »Glenn in Virginia
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:35pmShe has a pimple on her ass? How did you know?
Report Post »Conservative_T-Rex
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 5:02pmha!! the huffington-puffington post sucks. nicely done nigerians!!
fun time-waster for avid fox news watchers: http://www.sporcle.com/games/Bohnfather/fox-news-personalities
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:56pmegggggggselent………………………eggggselent
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 9:55pm@cookcountypatriot
Report Post »Hey that’s my line.
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:41pmSoooooo…Zsa Zsa lite got hacked? Who F-ing gives an Obama?
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 5:58pmhahahahahahaha
Report Post »Oh Fluke It
Huffy has to be related to SpookyDude
OMG 2012
Stoic one
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:40pmis that well fed female one of the potus‘s wife’s friends?
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:39pmif its ture, one born every min.
Report Post »NOMOBIGDRAMANOBAMA
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:36pmAfter I quit laughing and rolling on the floor while doing so, it dawned on me. Just because she says it is so, doesn’t make it so! She loves the blame game, make her prove it.
Report Post »jacques.daspy
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:32pmThose Nigerian Princes are tenacious.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:28pmROFL :) Socialist Giving to the poor!
Report Post »trueamerican40
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:27pmOnly a DIMWIT would fall for it…I can hear her now, “Give me my money back…I need it to continue to destroy anything American!”
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 4:44pmLOL .. couldn’t have happened to a “nicer” woman … (sarcasm) ;-)
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:22amTRUEAMERICAN40, LOL. Apparently AOL is not paying her enough.
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