Caught a hacker who stole a photo of Pippa Middleton

On the weekend, the account of younger sister Keith Middleton in iCloud was attacked by hackers, criminals were able to circumvent the protection and to steal about 3 thousand pictures of personal content. Employees of Scotland Yard in hot pursuit managed to identify the identity of the attacker and detain him.

Cybercrime

September 24, a representative of 33-year-old Pippa Middleton confirmed the news that the account of the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge in iCloud was hacked by the unknown, who took possession of thousands of private photos.

Among them there are very piquant photos of the younger Middleton with her fiancé James Matthews, as well as photographs of members of the British royal family, in particular, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. According to insiders, at the disposal of hackers were personal phone numbers of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Anonymous contacted the leading British media and invited them to buy sensational shots from him for £ 50,000, giving journalists 48 hours to think.

Arrest of a suspect

Law enforcers managed to reach the trace of the person involved in the crime. While it is not known for sure whether he was a hacker or just selling pictures at someone's request.

Mr. Nathan Wyatt was detained by law enforcement in his home in south London and taken to the station. Reporters managed to find out that a 35-year-old man used to work as a web designer, but at the moment he is unemployed.

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Add, in her official statement to the press, Pippa Middleton asked to respect her right to privacy.