A Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a felony computer hacking charge after authorities said he illegally accessed private phone and email accounts of celebrities such as Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence to leak information including nude pictures.
The U.S. attorney for the Central District of California charged Ryan Collins Zaino Kanken Classic 16L Super Grigio Saldi , 36, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, according to court documents filed on Tuesday.
Collins signed a plea agreement to plead guilty to a felony violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. He faces up to five years in federal prison, with a recommended prison term of 18 months and a fine of $250,000.
The case has been transferred from California to the Middle District of Pennsylvania, where Collins is expected to surrender and plead guilty. He will be sentenced at a later date.
While no victims were named in the court documents Zaino Kanken Classic 16L Giallo Marina Saldi , Lawrence and other celebrities such as actresses Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union and model Kate Upton addressed the leak and online dissemination of their nude photos in interviews.
Representatives for Lawrence, Dunst, Union and Upton did not return Reuters' requests for comment on Wednesday.
Prosecutors said in court documents that between November 2012 and September 2014, Collins "knowingly, intentionally, and in furtherance of criminal and tortious acts" accessed at least 50 Apple iCloud accounts and about 72 Google Gmail accounts belonging to more than 100 people.
Known as a 'phishing' scam, Collins used fraudulent email disguised to impersonate legitimate security services Zaino Kanken Mini 7L Verde Saldi , such as "email.protection318@icloud," and requesting usernames and passwords from the victims, according to prosecutors.
By doing so, Collins accessed the iCloud accounts, used for online data storage, for 18 celebrities and downloaded the backed-up data that included nude pictures and videos, court documents said.
It is not the first time a suspected hacker has been charged with leaking celebrity nude photos.
A Florida man was sentenced in 2012 to 10 years in prison for hacking into email accounts of Scarlett Johansson Zaino Kanken Mini 7L Nero Saldi , Mila Kunis and Christina Aguilera to leak private information and nude photographs.
SHANGHAI: It remains more promise than product, but the electric vehicle (EV) sector is drawing more talent from mainstream automakers which are reluctant to go full tilt at the new technology.
Making the jump can mean better pay and pioneering opportunities. One Chinese-backed start-up with around 900 employees, for example, has a US$15 million monthly payroll, according to a person close to the company.
Freeman Shen
One such 'defector' is Freeman Shen, who quit Chinese carmaker Geely two years ago to launch WM Motor, an EV start-up that aims to compete with Tesla Motors in China Zaino Kanken Mini 7L Rosa Saldi , the world's biggest autos market and one that encourages the new technology through policy and subsidies.
While other Chinese EV start-ups including LeSee, NextEV, Future Mobility and Qiantu Motor are mostly backed by big internet groups such as Alibaba and Tencent, Shanghai-based WM Motor's funding, in the "billions of yuan", is from Chinese investors, but not technology tycoons or venture capital funds Zaino Kanken Mini 7L Graphite Saldi , says Shen. He declined to say who the money has come from.
Shen, 46, has two decades of experience in the United States and China, with BorgWarner, Fiat and Geely, which in 2010 bought Swedish car brand Volvo. He aims to make smart, connected electric battery cars Zaino Kanken Mini 7L Rosso Saldi , betting on ordinary drivers in China's big cities wanting more affordable EVs.
He plans to go straight for this mass market rather than follow Tesla in first building a high profile super all-electric battery sports car.
"Building a fancy car to impress people is actually fairly easy as long as you're willing to spend the money," Shen says. "The most challenging part is mass production - coming up with a car everybody can buy, with high quality but at a significantly lower cost."
"NUTS"
Shen reckons he has around a 5-year window of opportunity to establish WM Motor in China, while Beijing offers incentives and policy support for EVs.
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"We're not a traditional car company. We see ourselves as a service company," he says, while acknowledging that friends, family and former colleagues "all think I'm nuts" for starting a new auto brand from scratch.
Advocates, including Shen, see smart Zaino Kanken NO. 2 16L Scuro Rosso Saldi , connected EVs revolutionizing the car industry, with today's often-idle cars replaced by smart cars that can be leased out when not needed or shared as part of a city fleet, and which tell the owner when the oil needs changing or a service is due.
"What's important for these emerging EV companies ... is the potential change in customer experience, if they can transform the way the car fits into our lives," says James Chao, Asia-Pacific managing director at consultant IHS.
"Creation of an entire ecosystem enabled by fast mobile internet connectivity, location-based intelligence ... will be critical."
ONLINE SALES
The emergence of China's EV start-ups does not yet signal any major related technology breakthroughs. Shen is actually turning to a German firm's tech team he acquired for battery Zaino Kanken NO. 2 16L Scuro Blu Saldi , motor control and other technologies.
The innovation of WM Motor and others is more in creating new business models for personal transportation.
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