🎶 2022-03-25 20:25:00 – Paris/France.
Canadian pop star Grimes says she was behind a 2012 hack and 'blackmail' of popular culture blog Hipster Runoff after it posted a photo of her kissing an unnamed woman.
The singer confessed to the act in an interview with Vanity Fair. She said she and a friend who works in the video game industry carried out a DDoS – or “distributed denial of service” – attack against the independent site after it posted a photo of her kissing a friend and an unflattering article.
"I was just at a party with my friends," Grimes told Vanity Fair, which featured the singer in its April editions ahead of the release of her new album, "Book1."
“Someone took this photo, and it got leaked to this website called Hipster Runoff. »
Grimes continued, "And then he like ran this story and it was like I was trying to be like all integrity and you know, like starting my career... And it was like Grimes had gone wild or something. like that. »
She added, “And it was just like super wack, like wicked story. And it was like this meme that was circulating all over the internet. But my friend who worked for – I won't say which video game had access… Okay, well, I don't want to get him in trouble, but anyway… we actually managed to DDoS Hipster Runoff and to make them sing.
"We were like, like we weren't going to let you manage your site until you delete the story," Grimes said. “And he actually took the story down. »
“And that was like my coolest hacking moment. »
Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, has made headlines in recent months due to her relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Hackers who launch a DDoS attack, which typically targets companies to extort money, flood their target website with more information and traffic than it is designed to support. As a result, the site cannot access the Internet and is forced to shut down.
Grimes told Vanity Fair that she enlisted a friend who works in the video game industry to hack the blog after he posted a photo of her kissing an unnamed woman. Courtesy of Vanity Fair
The most common way to execute a DDoS hack is through the use of “botnets,” or a collection of computers or devices infected with malware. These botnets are then used to flood the target site until it crashes the servers.
Jackie Singh, the author of a cybersecurity blog, said that since Canada has no statute of limitations on cybercrime, Grimes' statements could potentially leave her vulnerable to criminal penalties.
Grimes shares two children with boyfriend Elon Musk.AFP via Getty Images
Grimes recently revealed that she broke up with her boyfriend Musk again. The two are now co-parenting their two children – a boy, X Æ A-12, and a baby girl, Exa, who was born via surrogate.
Page Six was first to report that Grimes was in a relationship with Chelsea Manning, the former US Army who spent years in prison after being convicted of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks.
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