A college graduate has admitted hacking into the email and online accounts of female students, stealing their nude photos and videos, and trading them with others.
Nicholas Faber, 25, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of computer intrusion causing damage, and one count of aggravated identity theft. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 9, and faces up to 12 years behind bars, prosecution documents filed in a US federal court [PDF] reveal.
Faber graduated SUNY Plattsburgh, in New York, in 2017. He and accomplice Michael Fish, also a former graduate, worked together for two years afterwards to break into dozens of students' accounts in the university's MyPlattsburgh portal and steal their data. Fish pleaded guilty miscreant admits stole traded victims after guessing their passwords security answers
