Cybercriminals admitted hacking into celebrities iCloud-accounts

36-year-old actor Ryan Collins pleaded guilty of hacking into more than 100 accounts Gmail and iCloud accounts, most of which belonged to celebrities. The maximum period that an attacker faces - five years in prison.
In 2014, the world, particularly the part that follows the lives of Hollywood celebrities, shook unprecedented. The Network published a ton of intimate shots of famous actresses, singers and models.



 The list of victims at the hands of an unknown hacker accessing the starry accounts iCloud, including: Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lawrence and many other celebrities. On the Internet, all of these pictures, and in some cases videos, spread with incredible speed - even special sites created for them cataloged storage. A blow to the reputation of Apple and Hollywood suffered considerable.
And now, after almost two years, the culprit still suffer deserved punishment. 36-year-old hacker Ryan Collins from Pennsylvania pleaded guilty of hacking into the accounts of more than 100 people have officially reported on the website of the US Department of Justice. Now Collins is in custody - he was threatened with imprisonment for a term of 18 months. Max is a preventive measure provides for five years of imprisonment.
In addition to details of the case, published documents reveal details on how to act Collins. It turned out that a hacker phishing engaged in the period from November 2012 to September 2014. Ingenious scheme can not be called: Collins sent phishing e-mails that look like email from Apple or the Google, celebrities and asked to enter data for authorization. After gaining access to the records of iCloud, the attacker engaged in downloading the most explicit images and videos of sexual cloud backup.
While law enforcement agencies have failed to prove that Collins has published these materials on the web. If this fact is confirmed, the period that a hacker would have to stay in prison will increase.