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A former contestant in Israel's version of "American Idol" was jailed for 14 months on Thursday for hacking the computers of singers including Madonna, who had complained about unfinished tracks from her latest album being leaked online.
Under a plea bargain, Adi Lederman confessed to computer trespassing and infringement of privacy and property rights, Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court said, citing Madonna as one of his victims without specifying that he was behind the song leak.
Lederman was also fined 15,000 shekels ($4,000).
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Lederman previously made a brief appearance on "A Star Is Born," Israel's version of "American Idol", before being voted off. The court statement on Thursday said he had medical problems that had mitigated his sentence.
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www.nbcnews.com/tech/sec ··· -n389291Every hacker should keep a list of 'medical problems' handy to reduce their sentence.
from Wired
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In a raid of Lederman’s home, police seized computers and media storage devices and discovered that Madonna wasn’t the only victim. Lederman had allegedly hacked the computers of several international artists in order to steal unreleased demos and final tracks to sell.
During Lederman’s audition for Kohav Nolad in 2012 judges asked him what he did for a living. He replied, “Mainly wasting my life away, it seems, because I’m told that I should be on stage.”
For his audition, he sang the Stevie Wonder tune “Don’t You Worry About a Thing.”
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www.wired.com/2015/02/as ··· ce-2012/could more charges be laid in the future?
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