A
man's been jailed for nine months for hacking into the online accounts of
celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence.
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| Jennifer Lawrence |
Edward
Majerczyk, 29, stole private information, including nude videos and photos.
He
was accused of organising a phishing scheme that tricked victims into giving
him usernames and passwords.
Majerczyk,
from Chicago, was ordered to pay one unnamed celebrity £4,900 after their
photos were later shared online.
He
wasn't charged or accused of selling or posting the material online.
He
pleaded guilty last year to one count of unauthorised access to a protected
computer to obtain information.
No
victims' names were mentioned in the court documents.
In
2014, private pictures of celebrities including Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and
model Kate Upton were posted online and shared on various websites.
The
case became known as "celebgate", with Jennifer Lawrence telling
Vanity Fair magazine that the hacking was a "sex crime".
In a
sentencing memo, Majerczyk's lawyer Thomas Needham said, at the time of the
offence, his client was "suffering from depression".
It
read: "He looked to pornography websites and internet chat rooms in an
attempt to fill some of the voids and disappointment he was feeling in his
life."
He
added that Majerczyk had "consistently expressed remorse" for the
hacking and that the material was for his "personal use".
In
October 2016, in a separate case, 36-year-old Ryan Collins was sentenced to 18
months in jail for a similar hack.
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