Revenge porn kingpin Hunter Moore pleads guilty to basically being a total cyber-scumbag

Internet coward Hunter Moore, who uploaded women's stolen nude snaps to his "revenge porn" website, has admitted charges of unauthorized access to a computer and identity theft. The 28-year-old, of Woodland, California, US, faces up to seven years in prison and a $500,000 penalty as a result. He is expected to be sentenced in …

[Cliff]

Couldn't happen to a nice guy

That's all

[Mark 85]

Revenge Porn or something else?

This doesn't sound like revenge porn per se. More like hacking/stealing....maybe blackmail. While it doesn't make him less of a scumbag, it's confusing. Was the revenge porn part of the operation a different set of charges?

[Old Handle]

Re: Revenge Porn or something else?

Revenge porn wasn't illegal yet when he did it, so they had to make something else up.

[Ogi]

Wait... so they procured hacked email photos?

So girlfriend sends nudie pics to boyfriend, these guys break into Gmail account, pilfer said pics, and post them on a "revenge porn" site. A site that touted that all their pics/etc... were authentic girls uploaded by their ex'es as revenge for cheating/being dumped/etc...

If I read this correctly, you could have women accusing their boyfriends of posting their private pics on a revenge porn site. As (in theory) apart from the creator, only one other person had them.

How many relationships did these two tits ruin I wonder? How many people did they cause emotional distress to? What a despicable act to be involved in. Cunts...

[Turtle]

@Ogi

"How many relationships did these two tits ruin I wonder? "

I see what you did there!

[Anonymous Coward]

No security through obscurity

That's one reason why all my nude pictures are public.

[Anonymous Coward]

Interesting conflict in the Plea Deal..

vii. Defendant shall not attempt to locate the Victims or the Victims’ Families or attempt to obtain information concerning the whereabouts, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, or other personal identifiers of the Victims or the Victims’ Families.

viii. Defendant shall remain at least 100 yards away from the Victims at all times.

Hmm, bit of a neat trap here. Sensibly, he's not allowed to contact people or find out where they are, but how will he then be able to know that he's at least 100 yards away from them? Not that I have a problem with this conflict, I just admire the challenge :)

[Nehmo]

Re: Interesting conflict in the Plea Deal..

Typically, in US law, statute writers insert the word "knowingly" before the description of the crime in some (not all) statutes. A defendant is not allowed to *knowingly* violate the terms of her/his release, for example. Thus, in this situation, as long as he doesn't know where they are, he can go anywhere.

To a legally inexperienced observer, the word looks trivial or unnecessary, but serious cases have hinged on it.