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Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”. Continue reading iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve
Prosecution asks for imprisonment of the hacker who stole nude photos and other personal data from women’s iCloud accounts and then distributed some of the material online. Continue reading Dutch Politician Could Get Three Years in Prison for Hacking iCloud Accounts
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Former Lee Davis High School, Virginia teacher Christopher Brannan set to plead guilty to the federal charges of hacking into the computers of Celebrities including Emma Watson and non-celebrities leading to their private data in the Cele… Continue reading Teacher linked to Celebgate hacking scandal facing 7 years in prison
A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities’ and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos. Continue reading Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities
George Garofano has been sentenced to prison for his part in hacking into and stealing personal images from 240 iCloud accounts. Continue reading Jennifer Lawrence nude photo thief is going to the slammer
George Garofano (left)
The fourth celebrity hacker—who was charged earlier this year with hacking into over 250 Apple iCloud accounts belonged to Jennifer Lawrence and other Hollywood celebrities—has been sentenced to eight months in prison.
Earlier… Continue reading Hacker Who Leaked Celebrities’ Naked Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison
George Garofano was sentenced to eight months in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to hacking 240 iCloud accounts and taking part in a campaign known as “Celebgate” that resulted in the posting of nude photographs of female celebrities online. Garofano, 26, faced up to five years in prison. Earlier this month, he expressed remorse and asked the judge for a shorter sentence. The defendant’s lawyer emphasized that he was not the mastermind behind the scheme and that he had matured since the wrongdoing, committed when he was 21 years old. Prosecutors asked for a sentence of 10 to 16 months. Garofano, who will surrender in October, will face supervised release for three years after the prison stint is over. “Garofano used the usernames and passwords to illegally access his victims’ iCloud accounts, which allowed him to steal personal information, including sensitive and private photographs and videos, according to his plea […]
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A Connecticut man charged with breaking into 240 iCloud accounts as part of the Celebgate saga has pleaded guilty for his role in the crime. George Garofano, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information which carries a maximum prison term of five years. Sentencing has not yet been determined. He was released on $50,000 bond. The plea comes as another person charged in the ordeal, Emilio Herrera, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in the crime. Herrera, 32, pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced last month. ‘Celebgate’ refers to an incident in August 2014 when nude photographs of celebrities were posted on public online forms. Garofano and Herrera carried out their attacks using spear phishing emails that appeared to be from Apple. “Garofano used the usernames and passwords to illegally access his victims’ iCloud accounts, which allowed him to steal […]
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A Connecticut man pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into over 250 iCloud accounts as part of a phishing campaign that resulted in nude photographs of female celebrities being posted on the public internet. George Garofano, 26, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Garofano was involved in an expansive phishing campaign from April 2013 to October 2014 that stole iCloud account information from victims, according to the plea agreement he signed on Thursday. The phishing emails pretended to be from Apple and asked victims to enter usernames and passwords which he then stole to illegally access their accounts. “Garofano used the usernames and passwords to illegally access his victims’ iCloud accounts, which allowed him to steal personal information, including sensitive and private photographs and videos, according to his plea agreement,” according to a Department of Justice statement. “In some instances, Garofano traded the usernames and passwords, as well as […]
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A third man faces 18 months in prison for phishing passwords for people’s Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts
Continue reading Creep signs plea deal for celebrity nudes hack