December 05, 2019

iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.

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October 24, 2018

Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities

A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities' and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.

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August 31, 2018

Jennifer Lawrence nude photo thief is going to the slammer

George Garofano has been sentenced to prison for his part in hacking into and stealing personal images from 240 iCloud accounts.

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October 25, 2017

Creep signs plea deal for celebrity nudes hack

A third man faces sentencing for the Celebgate photo thefts.

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August 25, 2017

Celebgate 3.0: Miley Cyrus among victims of photo thieves

More celebrities have had their private pictures stolen, including Tiger Woods and Kristen Stewart. How can celebs and non-celebs protect themselves? We've got some tips

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March 20, 2017

Emma Watson among stars targeted by hackers in ‘Celebgate 2.0’

Watson says she's taking legal action while her spokesman says the stolen images are from clothes fittings

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January 27, 2017

Celebgate hacker who stole nude photos gets nine months in jail

29-year-old man hacked into 300 private accounts in 'abhorrent' crime

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December 08, 2016

Man who hacked 130 celebrities jailed for five years

Victim Naturi Naughton tells court she felt 'violated and out of control' by the hacking

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October 28, 2016

Celeb nude photo thief Ryan Collins sentenced to 18 months in jail

He broke into over 600 victims' accounts and ran a modeling scam to get even more nude pics. Busy guy! Set up an app to automatically download entire iCloud backups.

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