London police say they are investigating the reported hacking of the iCloud account of Pippa Middleton, younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, and the alleged theft of her photographs, NBC News reported.
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Pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge and her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, are reportedly among 3,000 images taken from Kate’s sister.
Police said the suspect, whom they did not name, was arrested in the central English county of Northamptonshire on suspicion of a Computer Misuse Act offence.
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Nathan Wyatt, 35, was arrested after it emerged a cyber criminal had demanded £50,000 for thousands of images stolen from her iCloud account.
The seller demanded “a minimum of £50,000” (around $65,000) within 48 hours, as of Friday afternoon United Kingdom time, they said.
In July it was announced that the 33-year-old would marry her financier boyfriend, James Matthews, 40, next year.
However, the newspaper did not purchase the photos and notified Middleton of the hack.
William and Kate and their children were due to start an eight-day tour of western Canada on Saturday.
“I would cosider (sic) these highly highly sought”, the seller wrote to the Sun.
Earlier on Saturday, a Met Police spokesman said specialist officers were investigating the claim.
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Other celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton have fallen victim to iCloud hacks in the past.
