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Edward Majerczyk
Unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information
- Defendant
- Edward Majerczyk
- Reddit role
- other
- Charge
- Unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information
- Jurisdiction
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- Date
- 2017-01-24
- Sentence
- 9 months federal prison plus $5,700 restitution
- Subreddit
- r/TheFappening
Summary
Edward Majerczyk, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison for a phishing scheme that illegally accessed the email and iCloud accounts of more than 300 people, including at least 30 celebrities. The stolen private images were part of the 2014 'Celebgate' or 'Fappening' leak that spread on Reddit through the r/TheFappening subreddit before the company banned it. Investigators found no evidence linking Majerczyk to the public posting of the photographs.