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Detroit mayor blames sexy texts on hackers

Detroit mayor blames sexy texts on hackers
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I'm indebted to the Wonkette Web portal for reporting that Kwame Kilpatrick - described by the media as the laughable clown of a mayor of Detroit in the US - has blamed hackers for gaining access to his mobile and generating sexy text messages to his chief of staff.

According to the Wonkette portal, his lawyers (the case has gone to court? -Ed) are now saying that the prosecution must prove that it was Kilpatrick that generated the text, rather than hackers.

"At least one legal expert reckons this will not be too difficult," says the portal...
Steve Gold

Posted by Steve Gold on 16 July 2008

From his base in Sheffield, England, Steve has been a journalist for far too long for his own good - actually, he's been a business journo/tech writer for 24 years, 20 of them full-time. He has specialised in IT security, business matters, the Internet and communications for most of that time.

Tags: Mobiles