The hacker and former Yahoo employee has been sentenced to 5 years probation at home.
In 2019, a 34-year-old reliability former Yahoo engineer named Reyes Daniel Ruiz was charged for hacking the accounts of 6000 young women using the special access granted to him as an employee at Yahoo.
The accounts included those of his colleagues, friends, and strangers. By doing so, he was stealing private photos and videos of a sexual nature in bulk along with also targeting their Dropbox, Facebook, Gmail, and iCloud accounts.
This resulted in over 2 TB of data being collected which would put the number of files in a range of 1000-4000.
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Ruiz pleaded guilty back then in September 2019 accepting his crimes with his hearing scheduled for February 2020. However, it was delayed due to COVID-19 and now that it has been held, the decision can be touted as somewhat lenient.
According to the judgment, Ruiz has been sentenced to probation and house arrest for 5 years with terms that allow him only to leave his home for the following:
WorkMedical appointments
Any religious duties
Court related tasks
Furthermore, a fine of $5000 has been imposed with restitutory charges of $118,456 to compensate Yahoo for the damage he inflicted on them in terms of their reputation.
Various other conditions have also been specified serving as guidelines for the entire probation process. For example, it is compulsory for him to ..
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