Canadian Hacker Sentenced to One Year for Defrauding Approximately $794,000 by Hijacking Artists’ Social Media Accounts

Foresight News reports, according to Decrypt, that Canadian citizen Cameron Albert Redman has been sentenced to one year in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft. U.S. authorities stated on Wednesday that in 2022, Cameron Albert Redman and his accomplices hacked into digital artists' social media accounts, posted fake giveaway campaigns, and lured investors into clicking links and authorizing transactions, defrauding approximately $794,000. Screenshots in court documents show that the compromised accounts included those of creators such as Beeple and Gary Vaynerchuk.