Cameron LaCroix

Cameron LaCroix, aka camo, cam0, camZero, cmuNNY, is an American computer hacker best known for the hacking of Paris Hilton's cellular phone,[2] accessing LexisNexis, and defacing Burger King's Twitter account.[3] He has also been convicted of intentionally causing damage to a protected computer system, obtaining information from a protected computer system, wire fraud, and aggravated identity fraud.[4] Prosecutors said victims of the teen's actions have suffered about $1 million in damages.[3] Pursuant to a plea agreement signed by the juvenile in August 2005, he received 11 months in a federal juvenile detention facility. In January 2007 his supervised release was revoked due to possession of a cell phone.[3]

Cameron LaCroix
Other namescamo, cam0, camZero, cmuNNY
Years activec. 1999 – c. 2019[1]
Known forHacking Paris Hilton's cell phone, accessing LexisNexis, and defacing Burger King's Twitter account

In June 2008, an indictment for Cameron LaCroix was returned from New Bedford Superior Court in Bristol County on a series of counts for computer offenses.[5]

LaCroix was previously held at the Federal Medical Center, Devens until paroled in 2018, when he then found gainful employment at U-Haul. LaCroix's parole was revoked, and he was reincarnated in 2019 after U-Haul accused him of compromising their IT systems, and using stolen credentials to load value on prepaid credit cards, then withdrawing funds from ATMs. He was released from penitentiary on April 5, 2021.[6][7]

References
  • Shapiro, Scott J. (23 May 2023). Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks (EPUB). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374601188.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

Footnotes
  1. Shapiro (2023)
  2. Brian Krebs (13 September 2005); "Teen Pleads Guilty to Hacking Paris Hilton's Phone". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. Brian Krebs (February 27, 2007). "They'll Always Have Paris". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. "Slip Opinions | Social Law Library | Boston, MA".
  5. "COMMONWEALTH v. CAMERON LACROIX, Defendant". 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  6. "Federal Bureau of Prisons". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  7. Shapiro (2023, ch. 6; Snoop Dogg Does His Laundry.)
    • "…In 2018, I discovered that Cameron LaCroix had finished his sentence at the Federal Medical Center…"
    • "…he was working for U-Haul … Cameron had been reincarcerated after U-Haul accused him of hacking…"
    • "In September 2019, Judge Wolf revoked his parole and held Cameron to the promise made in the 2014 plea agreement…"
    • "…After Cameron’s release on April 5, 2021, I managed to contact him…"

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