They go by names such as Piratecrackers, Yourhackers and Slickhackerz.
Although illegal, a handful of internet services brazenly advertise that for a
usual hundred dollar fee they can obtain almost any email password. One site
boasts that it provides an ideal way to catch a cheating spouse or significant
other.
George Washington University Law professor, Orrin Kerr who worked as a
prosecutor specializing in computer crime said although these services are
breaking the law, prosecuting them is “a low priority for law enforcement.”
According to Kerr the crimes are hard to investigate because “not many victims
know they have been victimized.”
