Den 36-årige man som erkänt att han kapat Apple-konton och Gmail-konton och stulit nakenbilder på artister, skådespelare och andra kända människor har dömts till 18 månaders fängelse.
Bilderna spreds snabbt på Internet och hela händelsen fick namnet the Fappening och #celebgate. Mannen hade lurat sina offer att klicka på länkar som skickats via e-post och på det sättet lyckats att kapa både offrens Apple ID och deras e-postkonton. Trettiosex-åringen samlade snabbt på sig uppgifter för över 100 olika konton.
The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Lancaster County man was sentenced yesterday on felony computer hacking charges related to his illegal access of over 100 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell sentenced Ryan Collins, 36, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to 18 months in federal prison for a felony violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. He was taken into custody immediately after sentencing.
Collins pled guilty in May to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information. Collins was originally charged in Los Angeles, but the parties agreed to transfer the case to Harrisburg in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, near Collins’ home, for the entry of his guilty plea and sentencing.
The case against Collins stems from the investigation into the leaks of photographs of numerous female celebrities in September 2014, known as ”Celebgate.” Investigators have not uncovered any evidence linking Collins to the actual leaks or that Collins shared or uploaded the information he obtained, however.


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