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Embedded data, not breasts, brought down hacker

Higinio O. Ochoa III, of Galveston, Texas, allegedly a member of the Anonymous-linked CabinCr3w, was arrested March 20. He is charged with hacking into US law enforcement agencies and posting online the home addresses of more than 100 Los Angeles police officers. The FBI tracked him down using photos he had posted of his girlfriend’s breasts (covered somewhat by a bikini top) He forgot, or didn’t know, that EXIF data (location, camera type, and other image information) is included in every photo taken.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2131554/embedded-data–not-breasts–brought-down-hacker.html

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