George Garafano, one of the four arrested for the theft of iCloud images from various celebrities in 2014 and which were later shared on the Internet, has been sentenced to 8 months in prison. Garafano has been accused of hacking the iCloud accounts of more than 200 people over the course of 18 months, including those of some celebrities, hence the importance and notoriety of the case.
The Connecticut Federal Judge has ordered Garafano's imprisonment for 8 months, in addition to 3 years of supervision by the authorities after serving his sentence. Last April, Garafano pleaded guilty to sending phishing emails, posing as members of Apple's security team in order to obtain usernames and passwords.
During the case, prosecutors claimed that Garafano exchanged some of the stolen photographs with other hackers and that he also, may have sold some of them to earn additional income, although the latter has not been able to be proven. Prosecutors requested a sentence of 10 to 16 months in prison, while the defense attorney requested a sentence of 5 months, followed by five months of house arrest.
Four were the people accused of accessing iCloud accounts using phishing together with the last convicted person: Ryan Collins, Edward Majerczyk and Emilio Herrera. All of them have been sentenced with sentences ranging from 9 to 18 months in prison.
Receive this type of mail, unfortunately it is common, and not only supposedly shipped by Apple, but also by banks. These emails are accompanied by a link that offers us an appearance similar to that offered by the company that in theory sent it. If we click on it and enter our access data, we are giving all our information to unknown people, people who from that moment can access our account with all the data that we have stored in it.