Thousands of voyeurs got a lesson in karma over the weekend when they tried to download naked footage of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews - but got a computer virus instead.
Video of the pretty and popular sports reporter undressing in a hotel room hit the web last week. It was taken through the door's peephole and shows the 31-year-old stark naked.
Now hackers are taking advantage of the much-Googled download. Many links that claim to have the tape actually have a virus.
"Hackers are no slacks when it comes to taking advantage of a hot Internet search trend. And they have been quick to set up bogus webpages claiming to contain the video footage of Ms. Andrews in her hotel room," Graham Cluley of the anti-virus software company Sophos told USA Today.
Many of the real video links were broken after Andrews' lawyer and the ESPN legal team stepped in - pointing out that she is actually the victim of a crime.
"While alone in the privacy of her hotel room, Erin Andrews was surreptitiously videotaped without her knowledge or consent," her lawyer said in a statement.
"Although the perpetrator or perpetrators of this criminal act have not yet been identified, when they are identified she intends to bring both civil and criminal charges against them and against anyone who has published the material," the lawyer wrote.
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