Denial: Andrew Hamade, brother of Bryan 26 (pictured), has denied accusations that his brother leaked nude celebrity pictures online An American software engineer has denied stealing nude photos from celebrities’ iCloud accounts and claimed his life was being ruined after being identified as the hacker online. Bryan Hamade, 26, was named as the source of the shocking leak after he tried to sell intimate pictures of actress Jennifer Lawrence in return for internet currency Bitcoin. She and 100 other celebrities have been named on a list of victims after their accounts on Apple’s file sharing service were allegedly hacked into.
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Bryan Hamade, 26, was named as source of leak of nude celebrity photos
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He tried to sell intimate pictures of Jennifer Lawrence in return for Bitcoin
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He posted images on Reddit and allegedly tried to sell them for $100 each
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But he was forced to deny that he was original hacker users identified him
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Admitted he had been an 'idiot' and that photo he had tried to sell was fake
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A total of 101 celebrities have been named on a list of victims of the hack
The original photos were reportedly stolen via @placeholder, before being published on file-sharing website 4chan