unfit habitslead to … jail . Adrian Kwiatkowski is facing prison after abscond with unreleased medicine he reportedlyhackedfrom singer - songster Ed Sheeran and pelvic girdle - hop artist Lil Uzi Vert following an probe that start in 2019 .
Ed Sheeran is a polarizing player . Some sleep together his songs , others believe he ’s a pop sellout track a check , and one man apparently just want to whoop him . That man was Adrian Kwiatkowski , who authorities say hacked the “ Bad Habits ” singer - songwriter along with rapper Lil Uzi Vert , getting away with some of their unreleased textile . Kwiatkowski , a 23 - year - old from England ’s Ipswich is now face 18 months in jail for his actions , saysBBC News .
“ He selfishly stole their music to make money for himself by selling it on the dark WWW , ” allege Chief pate prosecuting attorney Joanne Jakymec , as quoted by the BBC .
Ed Sheeran was one of the over 80 identified artists that fell prey to Adrian Kwiatkowski’s 2019 hack.Image: Kevin Winter (Getty Images)
A search of Kwiatkowski ’s laptop computer revealed that the hacker had 565 audio files , some of which were unreleased track from both player — two specifically belong to Sheeran . After selling the fabric on the black securities industry for cryptocurrency , reports show that Kwiatkowski made £ 131,000 , or roughly $ 148,085 .
Kwiatkowski admit to receivingBitcoin paymentsin exchange for the songs and pleaded guilty to three billing of unauthorized access to computer material , 14 charges of sell copyright material , one charge of exchange felonious property , and two charge of will power of condemnable property .
Now , Kwiatkowski is looking at 18 months in prison . That sure is a lot of work to learn some half - baked Ed Sheeran air .
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