‘Celebgate’ nudes hacker pleads guilty

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A US man has pleaded guilty to running a phishing campaign to steal private pictures and videos from film and TV stars.

Edward Majerczyk, of Chicago, was arrested after police investigated the 2014 “celebgate” affair. Nudes of more than 100 celebrities, including Rihanna and Jennifer Lawrence, were leaked in that incident. Majerczyk’s phishing campaign tricked people into visiting booby-trapped websites that stole login data.(BBC.COM/photo: Reuters)…[+]