US authorities have arrested two men in California for
hacking email accounts and stealing nude photos to
post on a so-called "revenge porn" website.
Hunter Moore, 27, and Charles Evens, 24, face charges
including conspiracy, unauthorized access to a protected
computer to obtain information and aggravated identity
theft.
The men reportedly posted explicit images, submitted
without the victim's permission, to IsAnyoneUp.com.
If guilty, they face decades in prison.
Latest legal setback
The arrest on Thursday was the culmination of an FBI
investigation into the matter, US Attorney Wendy Wu
said in a statement.
According to court documents, Mr Moore operated a
website which posted sexually explicit images for the
purposes of revenge.
Mr Moore is said to have paid Mr Evens to hack into
hundreds of victims' email accounts to obtain more
nude photos to post on the website.
The illegally obtained photos were then put online
without the consent of those pictured.
It is the latest legal setback for Mr Moore, who was
ordered in March to pay $250,000 (£170,000) in
damages for defamation resulting from a civil lawsuit.
Mr Moore was found to have used Twitter to make false
claims about the chief executive of an anti-bullying
website, James McGibney.
James McGibney alleged Mr Moore had labelled him a
paedophile who possessed child pornography.
Mr McGibney's website Bullyville.com had purchased
the domain, IsAnyoneUp.com, from Mr Moore in 2012.
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