Two Photobucket Hackers Prosecuted In U.S.

Two alleged criminals were arrested and charged with a number of offenses related to Photobucket hacking, according to BBC. The two men are accused of developing an app with enables criminals to gain access to the personal data from users of Photobucket.

Photobucket is a photo sharing website which claims to have around 60 million unique monthly users.

It is yet to confirm that how many users of the service were compromised due to the app created by the two hackers.

If found guilty, the pair could be sentenced to 5 years in prison and forced to pay a $250,000 fine for computer fraud. Brandon Bourret and Athanasios Andrianakis could also face another prison sentence up to a maximum of 10 years, and another $250,000 fine, if they are found guilty of access device fraud.

"We congratulate the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office for their vigilant investigative work in identifying and bringing these perpetrators to justice, said Michael Clark, chief technology officer at Photobucket. "We will continue to support the government's work and our users through this ongoing criminal investigation," he continued.

According to experts, their use of Paypal made the duo traceable.