Ngonyaka nohhafu owedlule, ngoSepthemba 2014, Amakhulu ezithombe ezisondelene zosaziwayo aputshuka okubaluleke kakhulu namuhla eHollywood, futhi njengoba yonke into kufanele iqanjwe, lo mcimbi wabhapathizwa ngegama elithi Celebgate. Inani elikhulu labalingisi abandakanya uJennifer Lawrence, Kaley Cuoco, Dirsten Dusnt, Kate Upton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Becca Tobin, Brie Larson, Teresa Palmer, Krysten Ritter, Yvonne Strahovski, babone ubumfihlo babo bwephulwa ngemuva kokushicilelwa kwezithombe ezinamahloni ababenazo bazenzele ngomakhalekhukhwini wabo.
Ekuqaleni icala lawela ku-ICloud, lapho iningi lalezi zithombe zafakwa khona, kodwa ekugcineni i-Apple yafakazela ukuthi ukuphepha kwensizakalo yayo yokugcina amafu kwakungahlangene nakancane nakho.
Kungekudala ngemuva kokuvuza, i-FBI yabopha uRyan Collins, indoda eneminyaka engama-36 yasePennsylvania. njengesibopho sokuvuza kwezithombe zabantu abanqunu ku-4chan. Uphenyo lwe-FBI luveze ukuthi sekuphele iminyaka emibili uCollins egenca ama-akhawunti angama-50 e-iCloud no-72 e-Gmail. Ukwenza lokhu, wayehlala ezenza njengabasebenzi bakwaGoogle noma bakwa-Apple, kuya nge-akhawunti afuna ukuyithola.
Yize uCollins ebekwe icala eLos Angeles, amaqembu avumile ukudlulisela leli cala eHarrisburg esifundeni sasePennsylvania lapho uCollins ahlala khona njengamanje ukuze kwenziwe lula ukutholwa enecala kanye nokugwetshwa. UCollins ubhekene nesigwebo seminyaka emihlanu ejele lombuso. Womabili la maqembu avumelene ngokugwetshwa izinyanga eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ejele, kepha yijaji ekugcineni okumele livume ngobude besigwebo.
Ngokusobala inhloso kaCollins bekungekhona ukuthi abeke obala izithombe ku-intanethi futhi uqinisekisa ukuthi kuze kube namuhla akazi ukuthi zingahlungwa kanjani, ngaphezu kwalokho i-FBI ayikabutholi ubufakazi ukufakazela ukuthi uCollins uthumele izithombe ku-inthanethi. Uma ekugcineni bebezozilengisa ...