July 22, 2009 3:47 PM
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No Easy Recourse Seen After Illicit Video
Erin Andrews arrives at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday July 15, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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People searching the Internet for a video showing ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews in the nude in a hotel room could wind up exposing their computers to hackers.
CBS News Science and Technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg said on "The Early Show" Tuesday the Andrews video has been pulled in recent days from Web sites, including YouTube. But hackers quickly set up bogus Web pages claiming to host the footage.
When someone searching for the video clicks on one of the fake Web pages, he or she is told the browser's pop-up blocker is preventing the video from playing, Sieberg reported. When the user instructs the computer to allow the download, malicious software, known as malware, is downloaded instead.
The video purportedly shows the 31-year-old Andrews changing clothes in a hotel room.
Andrews' attorney says the popular ESPN sideline reporter was secretly videotaped through a peephole or camera planted in the room.
Insite Security president Chris Falkenberg told Sieberg on "The Early Show," he's not surprised by the incident at all.
"This equipment's been around for years," he said. "Cameras are incredibly small. The tech is highly miniaturized, so it's not that difficult to place a camera in an area where no one would ever imagine it."
Andrews says she intends to seek legal action against the person who made the videotape.
But, as CBS News legal analyst Lisa Bloom said on "The Early Show" Tuesday, that could prove difficult.
CBS News Science and Technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg said on "The Early Show" Tuesday the Andrews video has been pulled in recent days from Web sites, including YouTube. But hackers quickly set up bogus Web pages claiming to host the footage.
When someone searching for the video clicks on one of the fake Web pages, he or she is told the browser's pop-up blocker is preventing the video from playing, Sieberg reported. When the user instructs the computer to allow the download, malicious software, known as malware, is downloaded instead.
The video purportedly shows the 31-year-old Andrews changing clothes in a hotel room.
Andrews' attorney says the popular ESPN sideline reporter was secretly videotaped through a peephole or camera planted in the room.
Insite Security president Chris Falkenberg told Sieberg on "The Early Show," he's not surprised by the incident at all.
"This equipment's been around for years," he said. "Cameras are incredibly small. The tech is highly miniaturized, so it's not that difficult to place a camera in an area where no one would ever imagine it."
Andrews says she intends to seek legal action against the person who made the videotape.
But, as CBS News legal analyst Lisa Bloom said on "The Early Show" Tuesday, that could prove difficult.
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