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Hacker who leaked nude images of Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna jailed
George Garofano stood accused of engaging in a phishing scheme which targeted celebrities between 2012 and 2014. The 26-year old is now expected to spend eight months behind bars after he was convicted of obtaining and disseminating caches of private information.
When the scandal broke, Jennifer Lawrence compared the incident to a “sex crime.”
“It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody’s mind is to make a profit from it. It’s so beyond me,” Lawrence told Vanity Fair in 2014.
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Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst, Vanessa Hudgens and Hayden Panettiere were also hit by the hacking scam.
Dubbed ‘Celebgate’ by parts of the media, the iCloud swindle involved hackers posing as Apple security staff in order to persuade victims to hand over usernames and passwords.
According to Connecticut prosecutors, Garofano gained access to around 240 accounts, with the 26-year old part of a four-man group that also sold on details for financial gain.
In court, Garofano admitted sending phishing emails. He has now been sentenced to eight months and ordered to perform 60 hours community service upon release. Judge Victor Bolden has ordered Garofano to report to prison on October 10.
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HACKING PENALTIES:
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- Head to the Start menu and type "Event Viewer" in the search box. ...
- Double click on Windows Logs in the left sidebar, then click on System.
- Right click on System and choose Filter Current Log.
- In the window that pops up, look for the Event Sources drop down.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More.
- Click History.
- On the left, click Clear browsing data. ...
- From the drop-down menu, select how much history you want to delete. ...
- Check the boxes for the info you want Google Chrome to clear, including “browsing history.”
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How to Find Out if Someone's Secretly Been Using Your Computer
- Step 1: Enter Safe Mode. Before you do anything, you need to disconnect your PC from the internet, and don't use it until you're ready to clean your PC. ...
- Step 2: Delete temporary files. ...
- Step 3: Download malware scanners. ...
- Step 4: Run a scan with Malwarebytes.
- https://www.pcworld.com/article/243818/security/how-to-remove-malware-from-your-windows-pc.html