FBI Makes Arrest in Celebrity Hacking Case, Scarlett Johansson Exhales
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The FBI has made an arrest in Operation Hackerazzi, the investigation of celebrity phone hacking in Hollywood. Officials have scheduled a news conference later Wednesday morning to release additional information.
The break in the case comes several weeks after reports that the cellphone accounts of stars, including the outraged Scarlett Johansson, were hacked. Nude photos of Johansson were retrieved from her phone by the hacker and leaked to the Internet. The photos spread like wild fire, and the actress enlisted the help of the FBI.
While the FBI did not name names of the victims, reports say that more than 50 female celebrities had their cellphones and emails hacked. TMZ reported that Miley Cyrus, Jessica Alba, Demi Lovato, Ali Larter, Christina Aguilera and Vanessa Hudgens were all victims of the hacking ring.
Allegations of celebrity phone hacking date back to late 2010. The federal probe began when these reports first surfaced, prior to the more recent media frenzy.
