'Guccifer' takes plea in hacking case; feds said he accessed personal accounts of political figures
A Romanian known as “Guccifer” took a plea deal Wednesday in a federal hacking case over his alleged unauthorized intrusions into some 100 accounts, including those of members of the Bush family and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to charges of unauthorized computer access and aggravated identity theft, on which he is to be sentenced to at least two years in prison. Other charges including cyberstalking and wire fraud were dropped, according to ABC News and the Associated Press.
Lazar also claimed to have accessed Hillary Clinton’s email, but that has not been confirmed.
“Lazar sought fame by hacking the private online accounts of Americans and releasing their personal information to the public; instead he has been convicted in United States federal court,” said prosecutor Leslie Caldwell of the U.S. Attorney General’s office in a written statement.
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