Ryan Collins, one of the people behind the 2014 “Celebgate” photo leak, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Earlier this year, Collins pled guilty to carrying out a long-running phishing campaign that gave him access to dozens of private email and iCloud accounts, including those of many female celebrities, some of whom had nude photos leaked as a result of the breach.

Collins was convicted of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and faced up to five years in prison, although prosecutors recommended 18 months as part of a plea bargain. According to the Justice Department, he sent his targets emails purporting to come from Apple or Google, asking them to give up their passwords. Over the course of two years, from 2012 to…

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