Jennifer Lawrence's nude photo hacker is jailed for 8 months

The man responsible for leaking nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence has been jailed for eight months.

George Garofano, who hacked into more than 200 iCloud accounts belonging to celebrities, was one of four men arrested following the hacking scandal in 2014.

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The breach of privacy saw personal photos of Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and Kate Upton, amongst others, being made public. The hackers reportedly used phishing emails appearing to be from Apple security accounts that asked for usernames and passwords.

While Garofano pleaded guilty in April, he asked for leniency claiming that he already faces a lifetime loss of rights because of the conviction. He was sentenced in Bridgeport, Connecticut and, in addition to the eight months in prison, must also serve three years of supervised released and perform 60 hours of community service.

Lawrence has not yet commented on the verdict.

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