36-year-old Lancaster, Pennsylvania homo Ryan Collins was arrested inwards March as well as charged amongst hacking into "at to the lowest degree fifty iCloud accounts as well as 72 Gmail accounts," most of which owned past times Hollywood stars, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, as well as Kate Upton.
Now, a justice inwards Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Midweek sentenced Collins to eighteen months inwards federal prison theatre afterward violating the Computer Fraud as well as Abuse Act.
Here's How Collins Stole Celebrities' Nude Photos
Federal prosecutors said Collins ran phishing scheme betwixt Nov 2012 as well as September 2014 as well as hijacked to a greater extent than than 100 people using simulated emails disguised every bit official notifications from Google as well as Apple, holler for victims for their concern human relationship credentials.
"When the victims responded, Collins as well as thus had access to the victims' e-mail accounts. After illegally accessing the e-mail accounts, Collins obtained personal information including nude photographs as well as videos," the Justice Department said inwards a statement.
"In approximately instances, Collins would work a software plan to download the entire contents of the victims' Apple iCloud backups. In addition, Collins ran a modeling scam inwards which he tricked his victims into sending him nude photographs."
Many of the compromised accounts belonged to famous woman individual celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst, Aubrey Plaza, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne as well as Gabrielle Union.
Another suspect, Edward Majerczyk, 28-years-old of Illinois, pleaded guilty inwards July as well as charged amongst hacking 300 Gmail as well as iCloud accounts. However, government bring even thus to position the uploader or 'leaker' of the photographs stolen past times Collins as well as Majerczyk.
According to officials, Collins as well as Majerczyk hacked over 600 victims past times their social applied scientific discipline tricks.
Collins faced a maximum of 5 years inwards prison, but every bit role of his plea deal, prosecutors proposed a lighter judgement of solely eighteen months.
