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Pippa Middleton and James Matthews. Picture: Karwai Tang.
A 35-year-old man has been arrested by British police investigating claims that Pippa Middleton’s iCloud account was hacked and thousands of photos stolen.
Scotland Yard said they arrested the man on Saturday evening at an address in Northamptonshire.
The Sun newspaper said it had been contacted by a purported hacker seeking to sell the images for a minimum of £50,000 ($80,000). The paper reported that seller communicated using the pseudonym “Crafty Cockney†on an encrypted messaging service and sent sample photos showing Ms Middleton being fitted for a wedding dress in advance of her planned 2017 nuptials.
The Sun said the hacker also claimed to possess Middleton’s informal photos of sister Kate with her children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, and naked images of her fiance, James Matthews.
The alleged theft comes two years after a host of celebrities, including Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence, fell victim to a hacker attack on the iCloud - which stores private photos from phones and computers online - which saw images posted online.
AP