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T U E S D A Y September 17, 2013
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House arrest for Jepsen cyberstalker ROCHELLE BAKER Abbotsford Times
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he Abbotsford used car salesman who hacked into pop star Carly Rae Jepsen’s Internet accounts was handed a fourmonth conditional sentence on Friday afternoon. Christopher Long, 25, pleaded guilty to mischief to data and possession of stolen property in May after taking control of Jepsen’s email and social media accounts and stealing sensitive personal infor-
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Abbotsford hacker sentenced to four months, limited use of computers mation in March 2012. Long can’t leave his house except to attend work or school and is subject to electronic monitoring. Additionally, he can not attend any Jepsen concerts or events, have any form of contact with the Mission singer or her ex-boyfriend, transmit or sell any documents or materials related to the singer and can’t use a computer unless it is for
work or school. He was also given a year’s probation after his sentence ends. Judge Jill Rounthwaite said the singer and her former boyfriend Jodi Ashworth, 33, experienced an “emotionally horrifying” four months after Long hacked into Jepsen’s old email account and reset the password, blocking Jepsen from accessing it.
Rounthwaite said that had the incident ended there, perhaps it could have been deemed a “prank,” as argued by Long’s defence lawyer. But Long went on to download photos of “sensitive nature” of Jepsen and Ashworth, along with the singer’s recording contract, two songs and video clips. Long also tried to sell two of the stolen Jepsen photos to the celebrity gossip website, TMZ. The hacker then used Jepsen’s password to hijack her current
email and social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In one instance he posted a picture of a man’s genitals to Jepsen’s Instagram account with a vulgar reference to fellow pop star Justin Bieber. He also managed to hack into Jepsen’s phone and prevent calls and texts to family and friends while she was on tour. see HACKER, page A6
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Two-year-old Finn Kennedy and his dad Dave wonder at the magic of the lantern labyrinth at the Mission Association of Community Living’s Illuminaria festival at Fraser River Heritage Park on Saturday. Inset, A fire performer dazzles the crowd.
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he B.C. Liberal government is facing criticism after announcing Tuesday it is cancelling the fall session of the legislature. The decision means MLAs will sit in Victoria for just 36 days this year – only 17 since the election in May. AbbotsfordWest MLA and Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the time would allow government to prepare for the spring session. “Now we’re in the process to prepare for the February budget, and the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is where government is going to focus on its energies,” said de Jong on Friday. The legislature will start again in February and will feature the throne speech and budget. MLAs are still busy when they are not in the legislature, said De Jong. “They’re in their constituencies, and working on [bipartisan] committees and travelling around B.C.,” he said. see POLITICS, page A6
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