WINNERS & LOSERS
Pippa Middleton obtains injunction over hacked iCloud photos
In September, Pippa Middleton and her fiancé
James Matthews succeeded in obtaining an injunction
to prevent the sale or publication of photographs
and other information from her hacked iCloud
account. Middleton found out that photos from the
account were being offered for sale by an unknown
person via WhatsApp when she was informed by the
Sun newspaper. The photographs had also been offered
to the Daily Mail. The hacked photographs are said to
include photographs of Middleton’s nephew and niece,
Prince George and Princess Charlotte. A 35-year-old
man, Nathan Wyatt, was arrested on suspicion of an
offence under the Computer Misuse Act over the hack,
and he was represented at the injunction hearing.
Middleton’s barrister told the court the hack had caused
her ‘considerable distress’. Hacking an iCloud account
and offering private photographs for sale is unlawful,
including as a misuse of private information.
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