Madonna’s ‘Rebel Heart’ Hacker Gets 14 Months for Violating Cloud Server
July 11, 2015
Grazed from Music Times. Author: Ryan Book.
Madonna came after her leaker harder than most and now Adi Lederman, the hacker responsible for dropping a significant portion of her Rebel Heart album during late 2014 is now facing a 14-month prison sentence. It took less than a month to track him down, thanks to a joint operation by the FBI and the Israeli Police forces (that’s the help you get when you’ve had eight no. 1 albums).
Lederman was found guilty of computer trespassing, copyright infringement, obstructing investigation and "prohibited secret monitoring." The court documents suggest that the hacker gained access to a cloud computing network and accessed the files of Madonna, manager Guy Oseary and several other affiliates. The investigation also revealed that Lederman had stolen a song from the pop star previously, in 2012, and had sold it rather than leaking it…
The punishment for the crime also includes a fine in the $4,000 range. That seems rather lenient when compared to the sky-high demands made during rare American file-sharing lawsuits…considering that Lederman actually hacked into Madonna’s personal information. Then again, he’s also spending more than a year behind bars…
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