{"id":503325,"date":"2022-10-23T22:40:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lil-uzi-vert-frank-ocean-music-hacker-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T22:40:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T19:40:47","slug":"lil-uzi-vert-frank-ocean-music-hacker-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lil-uzi-vert-frank-ocean-music-hacker-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lil Uzi Vert &amp; Frank Ocean Music Hacker Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e3fde132ab\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e3fde132ab\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lil-uzi-vert-frank-ocean-music-hacker-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison\/#%E2%80%9CLil_Uzi_Vert_Frank_Ocean_Music_Hacker_Sentenced_To_18_Months_In_Prison%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Lil Uzi Vert &amp; Frank Ocean Music Hacker Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLil_Uzi_Vert_Frank_Ocean_Music_Hacker_Sentenced_To_18_Months_In_Prison%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Lil Uzi Vert &amp; Frank Ocean Music Hacker Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/10\/Lil-Uzi-Vert-Frank-Ocean-Music-Hacker-Sentenced-18-Months-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Lil Uzi Vert &amp; Frank Ocean Music Hacker Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Photo Credit: Smo Ostrowksi<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nLil Uzi Vert, Frank Ocean and several other artists have been fully vindicated now that a U.K. man charged with pirating their music has been sentenced to prison.<\/p>\n<p>After confessing to 19 charges including copyright infringement and possessing criminal property, 23-year-old\u00a0Adrian Kwiatkowski has been sentenced to 18 months by a British Court.\u00a0Chief Crown Prosecutor Joanne Jakymec also said that he may be forced to pay a fine or some level of financial restitution, the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-63348753\"><em>BBC<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c200\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit\u201c200\u201d\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nAdrian Kwiatkowski was arrested by City of London Police in 2019, following an investigation that was triggered by the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office. Several artists\u2019 managers had reported having music stolen from their clients\u2019 cloud accounts by Kwiatkowski\u2019s online alias, Spirdark. The artists reps also accused him of selling some of the music online.<\/p>\n<p>After identifying an email address used to set up a cryptocurrency account under the username Spirdark, authorities also linked his home address in the U.K. to an IP address used to access one of the hacked cloud accounts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ed Sheeran: Hacker who stole singer&#8217;s unreleased music is jailed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PL4NTld1aa\">https:\/\/t.co\/PL4NTld1aa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> (UK) (@BBCNews) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNews\/status\/1583557413344800768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A search of Kwiatkowski\u2019s home yielded seven devices, among which was a single hard drive with 1,263 songs by 89 different artists. His Macbook also contained 565 stolen audio files.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/hacker-targeted-kanye-frank-ocean-sentenced-18-months-prison\"><em>Complex<\/em><\/a>, in addition to Lil Uzi Vert and Frank Ocean, his victims included Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, and Post Malone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c300\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit\u201c300\u201d\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nThere was also a document on the hard drive that broke down exactly how Spridark had accessed the files, along with records of bitcoin transactions. Adrian Kwiatkowski made <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximately $147,000 by exchanging music\u00a0\u2014 including 12 unreleased tracks by Uzi\u00a0\u2014 for cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKwiatkowski had complete disregard for the musicians\u2019 creativity and hard work producing original songs and the subsequent loss of earnings,\u2019\u2019 Jakymec said. \u201cHe selfishly stole their music to make money for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he entered his plea to the Ipswich Magistrates Court, Adrian Kwiatkowski admitted to having received the cyber payments. He pleaded guilty to\u00a0three charges of unauthorized access to computer material, 14 charges of selling copyrighted material, one charge of converting criminal property and two charges of possession of criminal property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c400\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit\u201c400\u201d\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\n\u201cCybercrime knows no borders, and this individual executed a complex scheme to steal unreleased music in order to line his own pockets,\u2019\u2019 stated Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr. \u201cNew York and London are cultural capitals of the world, and through our enduring partnership with the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit and law enforcement organizations around the world, we have sent a clear message that we have the ability and tools to stop this type of criminal activity and protect victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No word as to when Adrian Kwiotkowski will begin serving his sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Tai Saint-Louis\"><br \/>\nby Tai Saint-Louis\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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