Connecticut man charged with hacking celebrity accounts
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged with hacking into more than 250 iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and ordinary people has agreed to plead guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
The charge against George Garofano, 26, of North Branford, stems from the investigation into the 2014 scandal in which the private photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton and others were made public.
Garofano agreed to plead guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, prosecutors said. He faces up to five years in prison at sentencing at a date to be determined.
The case was filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles, but both sides agreed to transfer the case to Connecticut.