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The Fappening Investigation -- Feds Bust Hacker, Pleads Guilty

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One of the people behind the Fappening -- the hacking and release of nude pics and vids belonging to more than a dozen celebrities -- was busted by the feds, and is now pleading guilty.

Ryan Collins was charged with unauthorized access to a protected computer. The feds say Collins is responsible for hacking into the computers of more than 100 victms -- at least 18 of them famous -- and downloading their photos and videos.

According to the docs, he got in through Apple icloud and gmail accounts between Nov. 1, 2012 and Sep.