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'Celebgate' Hacker Gets 18 Months in Prison for Hacking Celebrity Nude Photos

The hacker who stole nude photographs of female celebrities two years ago in a massive data breach — famous as “The Fappening” or “Celebgate” scandal — has finally been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, authorities said on Thursday.

36-year-old Lancaster, Pennsylvania man Ryan Collins was arrested in March and charged with hacking into “at least 50 iCloud accounts and 72 Gmail

Second 'Fappening' Hacker Pleads Guilty; Facing up to 5 years in Prison

A second man has pleaded guilty for his role in ‘The Fappening’ breach of 2014, in which the Internet was flooded with thousands of nude photographs of popular celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, Kate Upton and Kirsten Dunst.

Edward Majerczyk (28) of Chicago, Illinois agreed to plead guilty last Friday to hacking into the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of more than 300