I just had a talk with the FBI regarding this hacked phone situation. A media rep said he’s baffled by all the supposed FBI and government people who are reporting on supposed shut-down action against websites. He doesn’t know anyone who is actually doing this. He’ll get back to me when he finds out but he seemed as baffled as anyone. I’ll report more when I find out more.

Meanwhile, I’m finding some interesting coincidences. Many of the sites showing the data are also promoting the Hilton sex tapes (also supposedly “stolen”). Some sites claim they were shut down, but have popped back up selling the pics (which do look Photoshopped) or linking to sites like hotelheiress.com. A suspicious number of sites are www.paris-hilton or www.parishilton or variants. Did they pop up out of the blue. The site in Belgium — www.parishilton.be — registered less than a year ago and seem to have no other content.

So the FBI is cracking down, yet there is no press release. No official speaking for the FBI. The bloggers and many newspapers are reporting this as gospel. Much of this stems from Drudge who wrote:

Private telephone numbers of celebrities have been unleashed on the Internet after an apparent hacking into Paris Hilton’s T-MOBILE SIDEKICK Address Book, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

The FBI has opened an investigation into the hack, a government source said.

What government source? What FBI agent? Where is the press release? Where is the announcement of an investigation? This isn’t the secret police. And why would they get all worked up over Paris Hilton? And if other phones were hacked then where is this information?

If I was writing a novel or an episode for Alias I might stage it so the Paris Hilton hack was a smokescreen for other hacks in the background. But I think not.

My question is. If this is a hoax, then who is behind it and what can be done about it?