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Miley Cyrus' Alleged Hacker Facing Jail Time
Posted on Tue Aug 2, 2011 03:40 PM PDT
The hacker who allegedly stole racy pictures of Miley Cyrus, posted them online and then boasted about them is now facing jail time.
Josh Holly, 21, pleaded guilty Monday to credit card fraud and hacking, though not in the Miley case, according to Wired. He reportedly had 200 stolen credit card numbers in his possession and broke into numerous celebrity Myspace accounts in a spamming scheme that raked in about $100,000.
Though Jones hacked into Miley's Gmail account and posted pictures that the then 15-year-old Hannah Montana star had supposedly sent to her former boyfriend Nick Jonas, he has not been charged in relation to the Cyrus incident yet.
Holly's spamming ring was discovered in a raid of Jones' Murfreesboro, Tenn., apartment in late 2008, just a few months after he boasted that the authorities would never find him. He admitted in an affidavit obtained by Wired to starting the scheme in 2005 and used various pseudonyms including the handle "TrainReq."
Holly faces up to 13 years in federal prison. Hishearing is scheduled for October 31.
Which other celebs were victims of Holly's illegal schemes? Find out ... after the jump.
The Tennessee hacker broke into about 20 accounts of mainly recording artists, including Chris Brown, Rihanna and Fall Out Boy. He would then post bulletins for users to buy ringtones or call services that netted Holly the illegal profits.
After files were originally charged against him, Holly admitted that he hadn't been too bright about the whole ordeal. He said:
- “There’s no way I can get out of this at all. Not even OJ’s lawyers or Michael Jackson’s lawyers can get me out of this. To be blunt, I was an idiot and I didn’t delete any of my [hard drives]. I never thought they would raid me. They’re going to get full proof evidence of everything that I’ve said I’ve done.”
No kidding, Josh - everyone knows that you don't mess with Miley!
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Comments
pssst: this is a way to boost the populairity of failed & uncertain singers like her, folks!!