28-10-2016 15:36 via theverge.com

‘Celebgate’ hacker sentenced to 18 months in prison

Ryan Collins, one of the people behind the 2014 "Celebgate" photo leak, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Earlier this year, Collins pled guilty to carrying out a long-running phishing campaign that gave him access to dozens of private email and iCloud accounts, including those of many female celebrities, some of whom had nude photos leaked as a result of the breach.
Collins was convicted of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and faced up to five years in prison, although prosec
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