Military contractor 'harassed girls online'

A military contractor suspected of hacking into the teenage girls’ computers and threatening to post their personal information online unless they sent him revealing photos was arrested by US authorities.

Irish-born Patrick Connolly, who had been living at a US military base in Baghdad, Iraq, was charged with a single count of computer hacking following his arrest last Friday in Atlanta. Authorities have 30 days to obtain an indictment and more charges could be filed.