Security News > 2020 > February > iCloud hacker perv cops 4 years in jail for stealing and sharing people's private, intimate pics

A perv who reportedly hacked people's iCloud accounts to obtain sexual images before sharing them online has been sent to prison for nearly three years.

Tony Spencer of Victoria Hill, Eye, Suffolk, was found by Basildon Crown Court to have "Accessed iCloud accounts without the owners' consent" by using "Software", according to a police statement.

One of Spencer's victims had told Essex Police in 2017 that her iCloud account had been breached and her "Personal intimate pictures" posted online shortly afterwards.

The policeman added that Spencer's sordid secret lifestyle "Went hidden for many years until we received just a single report that revealed much, much more he used his specialist knowledge to hack his unsuspecting victims' accounts and then accessed their most intimate photographs for his own sexual purpose and that of others."

The force said it was conducting a larger investigation into iCloud account hacking, partially triggered by its investigation into Spencer.

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