Celebrity Nude Photo Leak: Pennsylvanian Hacker Arrested For Hacking Celebrity Photos In Apple And Google Accounts

Pennsylvanian hacker, Ryan Collins was arrested for hacking of celebrity photos in their personal Apple and Google accounts, some of these pictures are nude and highly private.

Collins, a resident of Lancaster was found guilty for breaching the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for illegal access of at least 100 Apple and Google accounts or at least 50 iCloud accounts and 72 Gmail accounts, mostly owned by female celebrities.

Female stars in this Celebgate scandal include Kate Upton, Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst. Another source also included Ariana Grande, Brie Larson and Olivia Munn.

The crime is reportedly planned and had took Collins around two years phishing to obtain usernames and passwords which lead him to have personal access of their files from November 2012 to September 2014.

So how did he do to this? Reports said that he used fake accounts like noreply_helpdesk0118@outlook.com, secure.helpdesk0119@gmail.com and email.protection318@icloud.com in sending automated emails to the owner asking for her login details.

By illegally accessing intimate details of his victims' personal lives, Mr. Collins violated their privacy and left many to contend with lasting emotional distress, embarrassment and feelings of insecurity," the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, David Bowdich, said in a statement.

The verdict, which included 18 months to five years imprisonment, however, did not include charges for the spread or leakage of these pictures. And, an ongoing investigation is currently carried out and transferred to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to find out if there are more people involved.

A news source digs deeper on the personal side of Ryan Collins and found out that he is a father of two and is living in Collins' West Ridge neighborhood. In his Linkdn profile, he stated that he worked as a creative project manager for the digital marketing firm Listrak in April 2015.

Neighbors refused to comment about Collin's personal life that would give more clues to his case.

He never ever struck me as the kind of person that would be tech savvy enough to do something like that," Gavin Ferguson, a high school classmate, told the media.