*Entry Title: *WHID 2011-83: Minn. man accused of hacking Facebook accounts *WHID ID: *2011-83 *Date Occurred: *April 21, 2011 *Attack Method: *Social Engineering *Application Weakness: *Insufficient Password Recovery *Outcome: *Account Takeover *Attacked Entity Field: *Web 2.0 *Attacked Entity Geography: * *Incident Description: *Prosecutors have accused a Minnesota man of hacking into other people's Facebook and other computer accounts and stealing photos of women to post on adult websites. Prosecutors charged Timothy Peter Noirjean, 26, of Woodbury, with 13 counts of identity theft, alleging that from February 2010 through March 2010 he contacted women online and duped them into providing him with personal information that allowed him to hack their Facebook and other accounts. After hacking a Facebook account, prosecutors say Noirjean would pose as the owner to make contact with that person's friends and try to gain access to more computer accounts. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/20/minn-man-accused-hacking-facebook-accounts/#ixzz1KBSiqxBX *Mass Attack: *No *Reference: * http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/20/minn-man-accused-hacking-facebook-accounts/ *Attack Source Geography: * *Attacked System Technology: *Facebook