Michelle Obama Hacked By Cyber-Assailants; Other Celebs' Financial Info Also Compromised

Michelle Obama has been hacked in an alarming breach of security by unknown cyber-assailants who have disclosed the First Lady's financial information.

The hackers also obtained and published financial info on Beyonce, Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian and other celebrities.

A website run by the hackers has posted Michelle's credit report, social security number, phone numbers, banking and mortgage info and credit card details.

The website also hacked V.P. Joe Biden's history, but the info they were able to obtain was extremely limited in his case (unlike Michelle Obama's).

The motives of the hacker(s) could be more than sporting.

If you click on Michelle's name, the website reads:

"Blame your husband, we still love you, Michelle."

Not fans of President Barack Obama, apparently.

Also, law enforcement sources say the hackers are not just posting the details they uncovered for kicks - they've been "using" the credit information.

It's unclear how, but the hackers have obtained celebs' personal banking information as well as SSNs, which could be enough to withdraw cash.

The FBI has been "aggressively investigating" the case, which is appropriate, as another one of the many victims is FBI Director Robert Mueller.

Apparently the FBI knew about the hackers and their operation before they went public, and a federal investigation was already underway in the case.

Not sure if that makes it better or worse ...

New York Policeman Gilberto Valle Found Guilty of Cannibal Plot

A New York City police officer has been found guilty of plotting to murder his wife, and cook and eat other women.

The FBI arrested Gilberto Valle, 28, last year following a tip-off by his wife.

The trial heard how Valle had taken steps to carry out his plan of abducting, torturing and eating women he knew.

Defence lawyers argued it was merely a role-playing fantasy he had concocted while browsing fetish websites.

But a Manhattan federal court heard how Galle had contacted some of the women mentioned in his plans.

 

He also used a police department database to look up their personal information, emailing and texting them and meeting at least one of them.

Valle also used the internet to research the best rope for tying up people and to learn which chemicals render a person unconscious. Search terms found on his computer included "human flesh" and "white slavery".

During the trial, Valle's estranged wife, Kathleen Mangan, 27, testified against him.

She said she had found emails detailing his plans to slit her throat and kidnap and kill her friend.

Ms Mangan said that in the emails, Valle discussed how two other women would be "raped in front of each other to heighten their fears", and another would be roasted alive over a fire.

Both she and Valle wept when the court was shown a picture of him in his police uniform, feeding their newborn daughter.

After Tuesday's guilty verdict, Manhattan prosecutor Preet Bharara said: "Today, a unanimous jury found that Gilberto Valle's detailed and specific plans to abduct women for the purpose of committing grotesque crimes were very real, and that he was guilty as charged.

"The internet is a forum for the free exchange of ideas, but it does not confer immunity for plotting crimes and taking steps to carry out those crimes."