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Linkin Park Fan Allegedly Hacked Into Singer's Phone

Submitted by Alyk

Edited by Rahodeb

Tags: Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, Hack, Devon Townsend

A crazed Linkin Park fan found herself in the slammer after hacking into singer Chester Bennington’s email and cell phone accounts. Devon Townsend probably now regrets listening to “Numb” hundreds of times while whacking-off over a photo of Bennington (Ok, I made that up, but you know she most likely did some dumb shit like that). Anyhoo, police arrested the Albuquerque, NM woman last weekend, claiming she used her work computer at Sandia National Laboratories, a national security support center, to gain access to private cell phone records of Bennington. Townsend also used the same computer to access the email account of Bennington’s wife.

Court documents allege that Townsend obtained personal phone numbers that Bennington had called and pictures he had taken with his camera phone. Authorities believe she also hacked into the e-mail account of Bennington's wife, Talinda, a former Playboy model, and has made threatening phone calls to her.

Talinda Bennington reported the security breach on the couple's Verizon Wireless online account last month, saying that she was worried about a "stalker," according to a federal affadavit. Police traced the activity to Townsend, who admitted to the online hacking and the threatening calls, the affadavit states. A search of Townsend's house then turned up Linkin Park memorabilia.


Bennington’s reps declined to comment on the crazy broad.


Bennington and wife.

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Johnny_Flapjacks

Johnny_Flapjacks

Williamsport, PA
September 2006

NOV 26, 2006 01:04 PM

OctEgon said:
Well, at least she didn't stalk Scott Stapp.



Scott Stapp would have been thrilled, and she probably would have been invited to his house rather than thrown into the slammer..... assumining of course he is still "alive".

jonsetsfire

jonsetsfire

Newburgh, NY
November 2006

NOV 26, 2006 01:22 PM

jrave said:
wow, i like Linkin Park and all, but that's twisted. and yeah, chester looks like a Wal-Mart employee. but damn, fame and money can land some arm candy!



yeah dude, scene points pull hoes. proof positive.

ortho7117

ortho7117

Charlotte, NC
April 2004

NOV 26, 2006 01:34 PM

SinisterRouge said:
The majority of people who comment on Emo's dont even fully understand the real meaning behind it!!! Angers me....



The majority of people who use apostrophes don't even fully understand where they are supposed to go!!! This makes me very emotional....

StarBelliedBoy

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA
December 2003

NOV 26, 2006 01:38 PM

SinisterRouge said:
The majority of people who comment on Emo's dont even fully understand the real meaning behind it!!! Angers me....



confused confused confused

ortho7117

ortho7117

Charlotte, NC
April 2004

NOV 26, 2006 01:40 PM

Um, and she didn't really "hack" into his accounts. She abused access privileges. No hacking required.

Det0X

Det0X

Kitchener, ON
November 2006

NOV 26, 2006 01:51 PM

wow - they are still around....
13 minutes and ticking boys

KingMike

KingMike

Westfield, NY
October 2006

NOV 26, 2006 02:17 PM

Dylan said:
That confused me at first because I couldn't work out what Devin Townsend had to do with all this.



Word. I know Devin is comes across as a maniac sometimes, but I could not imagine him whacking off to pictures of this Linkin Park dude. SYL rules!

MikeofEvil2

MikeofEvil2

United Kingdom
September 2003

NOV 26, 2006 02:35 PM

Count me in on the 'thought it was Devin Townsend at first' club. He might be the Canadian Madman, but I didn't think he was that mad.

Necrosis

Necrosis

Australia
January 2006

NOV 26, 2006 04:53 PM

Dylan said:
That confused me at first because I couldn't work out what Devin Townsend had to do with all this.



You_Dont_Know_Me

You_Dont_Know_Me

Bossier City, LA
July 2004

NOV 26, 2006 07:03 PM

all linkin park makes me think of is the time some guy came into my store and asked for their cd. i pronounced in lincoln park, like a bajillion other people, and he jumped down my throat and gave me this huge lecture about how to say it right.

Darke

Darke

Columbia, MO
June 2005

NOV 26, 2006 07:12 PM

SinisterRouge said:
The majority of people who comment on Emo's dont even fully understand the real meaning behind it!!! Angers me....



....that's okay, the sadness will return momentarily... biggrin

Fire

Fire

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

NOV 26, 2006 07:18 PM

I thought they broke up?

Ceciley

Ceciley

Santa Fe, NM
September 2005

NOV 26, 2006 07:23 PM

Stop making New Mexico look bad!!!

Jeeze. blackeyed

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

NOV 26, 2006 07:39 PM

SinisterRouge said:
The majority of people who comment on Emo's dont even fully understand the real meaning behind it!!! Angers me....

Spot on. While not a huge emo fan myself (and admittedly I have had only minimal exposure to it) the slamming it gets is the same I used to hear about punk in the early 80s when playing in a hardcore band. In fact, before I joined the band I completely missed the point on punk and akmost didn't join the band. I then would have missed out on a major leg of my life's journey.

*Searches for emo stuff to expose self to . . . then guffaws at the realization of how funnily the first part of this sentence was worded*

StarBelliedBoy

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA
December 2003

NOV 26, 2006 07:48 PM

SilverShadow said:
all linkin park makes me think of is the time some guy came into my store and asked for their cd. i pronounced in lincoln park, like a bajillion other people, and he jumped down my throat and gave me this huge lecture about how to say it right.



Uhhhh... how DO you pronounce Lincoln?


Do you pronounce it phonetically? Like LIN- koln?


Uhhhh... dude, that's a litlte off.


I'm pretty sure "Linkin" is the way to pronounce it.

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