[lovely gurl]

Last Thursday, police arrested a hacker who extorted 35 million won ($38,000) out of Korean pop singer BoA and attempted to extract 65 million won from her friend and fellow singer Danny. BoA is one of the first Koreans to have a successful singing career in Japan. Danny’s career has fizzled recently, but he was once a member of the popular Korean boy band g.o.d.
A prosecution official stated that the man in question “hacked BoA’s homepage and told her that he would reveal her private life and pictures of her with Danny if she didn’t pay the requested amount of money.” Boa’s manager gave the hacker 35 million won to stop the man from spreading a rumor that Boa and Danny are in a relationship.
The hacker then tried to blackmail Danny, but this time police were ready for him.
Some sources claim that police caught the suspect through the Internet, while others insist he was nabbed by tracing his cell phone number. In any case, the photos were not released and the money was returned.
“Celebrities don’t like their private lives to be known,” said the hacker. “I used this fact to make money.”

Source: By Phillip Lee @ JoongAng Daily
Credit: kpopkingdom.com


sry if posted

[cee-es-jay]

what a loser.

[jun;MON]

BOO HIM D:
So greedy -__-;

[nanjiyoun]

who is Danny???
and aww; poor boa..
even though im not a fan of her, it sucks
to be blackmailed... T_T

[love4dbsk&suju]

poor BoA being blackmaild. glad hes been caught. should make BoA a bit more relieved

[pwenzi]

These people have too much time on their hands... Should've put the skill/knowledge to good use. LOL.

[bigbangsmex]

Well.. if they really had nothing going on, then they shouldn't have been too concerned. It is
just that fans can get a bit too scary. Heh, if I was that blackmailer, I wouldn't want money..
just Donghae. <3


Good thing all is fine now.
People need to do something actually useful with their lives.

[Maybelline Li]

who is Danny???
and aww; poor boa..
even though im not a fan of her, it sucks
to be blackmailed... T_T

Danny AKA Taebin from the group G.O.D

o_o; wow i didn't know him and boa were in a relationship..

[lilkrazeqrl]

^ I don't think the article meant that they're in a relationship.
I think the man was just spreading a random, perhaps fake rumor that they're in a relationship?
I may be wrong, so don't attack me T_T
but i'm glad the hacker was caught.

[xtrammieex]

hacker couldve gotten a job...

[yooniceland]

Wow. What an idiot.
so whats his punishment?

[cee-es-jay]

Danny AKA Taebin from the group G.O.D

o_o; wow i didn't know him and boa were in a relationship..

Danny Ahn from GOD.

Taebin is Danny Im from 1TYM.

[soulpatrol]

hooray for the police! hahaha..
btw, so danny and boa were in relationship before.. because the manager was so afraid that the pic will be released. (just my thought..)

anyway, let's respect celebs' privacy..though it's very interesting to know about it.

[hunny]

If i'm him, i'll stop after the 1st blackmail. Blah
so greedy of him

[im_so_flyy]

grreeedyy
haha
and a loser

[vanggirlie]

wait so boa and danny use to kind of date or something?

sorry i found that tidbit more interesting than the hacker.

[jisoox012]

Danny and Boa would actually be a really good couple.
danny ahn is so underrated.

If they didn't have anything going on then they shouldn't have been worried and if they did, they shouldn't have to keep it a secret from fans. plus, korean netizens make it so much worse TT_________TT

[cin]

LOL! That's what he deserves!
An idot!

[estincelle*]

Danny AKA Taebin from the group G.O.D

o_o; wow i didn't know him and boa were in a relationship..

taebin is not from G.O.D. he's from 1tym.


and im sure they paid him not because they didnt want their relationship exposed...they just wanted to prevent rumors. and since boa is involved, im sure if any news about her being in a relationship was exposed, it'll be a big media hype across Asia.

[love-yun]

“Celebrities don’t like their private lives to be known,” said the hacker. “I used this fact to make money.”

wow...