Paris Hilton’s camera-phone pics and address book have been revealed after computer hackers posted them on the Internet. This happened shortly after a 22-year-old man pleaded guilty to hacking into T-Mobile's protected database. Authorities are not yet sure whether the information was obtained via Hilton's Sidekick phone, or through one of the cell phone company's stores. "This includes the possibility that someone had access to one of Ms. Hilton's devices and/or knew her account password," the company said in a statement.
Images of the hotel heiress engaged in a lesbian make-out session, her topless self-portraits, accompanied by personal notes and celebrity contact information have been spread all over the Web. Among those listed in Hilton’s phone book were such names as Lindsay Lohan, Christina Aguilera, Ashlee Simpson, Ashley Olsen, Eminem, and Andy Roddick, most of whom have already changed their numbers.
"Paris feels badly that this happened and she feels badly that other people have been inconvenienced," Gina Hoffman, Hilton's publicist, told Reuters.
The first sites to post the information copied from the hacked pages were forced to removed it after being contacted by the Secret Service agent in charge of the T-Mobile hack/identity theft case.
"Pretty soon you get somebody who decides, 'I'm going to put this out on the Internet,'" said Richard Bejtlich, author of The Tao of Network Security Monitoring. "They might be five or six people down the food chain."
Ironically, the Simple Life star has recently appeared in commercials for the Sidekick II. "I'm sure a lot of celebrities are probably throwing their Sidekicks away right now," said Tristan Henderson, a research assistant professor at Dartmouth College's Centre for Mobile Computing.