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Celebrity's website hacked

Date: June 06, 2007
Source: SFGate.com


Country singer Carrie Underwood's MySpace page has been hacked by a cell-phone ringtone promotion.

Over the last 24 hours, fans of the "American Idol" winner have been receiving emails claiming to be from Underwood herself, urging them to check out "these amazing free ringtones," reports TMZ.com.

The spam emails read, "Hey, this is Carrie Underwood. OK here's the deal, I need every single MySpace friend to stop what he/she's doing and go here right now and put your cell # in. You'll receive every ringtone from every myspace artist (including my favorites) ..."
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