The Los Angeles Police Department and FBI are investigating the unnamed website that exposed social security numbers, mortgage amounts, credit card information, car loans and even screen grabs of financial statements from online banking accounts, TMZ reported. Beyonce’s personal and financial records along with other private information of some of Hollywood’s most public people including : Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian and Ashton Kutcher were among those that the hacker’s detailed records online. Mel Gibson and Paris Hilton were also attacked, and the hacker didn’t stop with celebrities.
Top government officials had their information published as well. Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI director Robert Mueller and LAPD chief Charlie Beck were all victims. Coincidentally, Mueller recently told a Senate committee that cybersecurity is becoming our nation’s biggest threat.
