{"id":52880,"date":"2016-03-17T15:14:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=52880"},"modified":"2016-03-17T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:14:44","slug":"plea-deal-reached-for-celebgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/plea-deal-reached-for-celebgate\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebgate Ends in Plea Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A plea deal was entered by the individual responsible for &#8220;Celebgate&#8221;&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As Ryan Collins enters his plea deal for hacking more than 100 people in 2014, primarily consisting of celebrities, people question if the legal consequences will generate any hesitation for future phishing scams.\u00a0 According to PC Pitstop&#8217;s Vice President of Cybersecurity, Dodi Glenn, it probably will not.\u00a0 Glenn reported to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technewsworld.com\/story\/83243.html\" target=\"_blank\">TechNewsWorld<\/a>, 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