Hunter Edward Moore was born on March 9,1986 and is an American convicted criminal from Sacramento, California.
20 Facts About Hunter Moore
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The website was up for 16 months, during which Hunter Moore stated several times he was protected by the same laws that protect Facebook.
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Hunter Moore paid a hacker to break into email accounts of victims and steal private photos to post.
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In February 2015, Hunter Moore pleaded guilty to felony charges for aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting in the unauthorized access of a computer.
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In November 2015, Hunter Moore was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, a $2,000 fine, and $145.70 in restitution.
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Hunter Moore was born in March 1986 and he grew up in Woodland, California.
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Hunter Moore attended and was expelled from Woodland Christian School.
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Hunter Moore reportedly responded to multiple cease-and-desist letters with simply "LOL" and would regularly argue that the law protected his activities.
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Hunter Moore claimed that the website attracted 30 million page views monthly as well as yielding $8,000 to $13,000 a month in ad revenue.
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Hunter Moore was stabbed in the shoulder with a pen by a woman who had been featured on the site.
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Hunter Moore lived with his grandmother for a period of time while he feared he would be murdered in his sleep due to constant death threats.
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Hunter Moore threatened to burn down The Village Voice headquarters if they ran a story about his FBI investigation.
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On January 23,2014, Hunter Moore was indicted in a federal court in California following his arrest by the FBI on charges of conspiracy, unauthorized access to a protected computer, and aggravated identity theft.
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Hunter Moore was released two days later from Sacramento County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
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On January 24,2015, exactly one year after Hunter Moore had last tweeted, tweets began to appear on his account making it seem like he had returned to the Internet.
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Hunter Moore's mother revealed that his account was either taken over or hacked, and he had nothing to do with the tweets.
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On February 18,2015, Hunter Moore entered a guilty plea with the Central District of California US Attorney's Office, in which he admitted to aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting in the unauthorized access of a computer.
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Hunter Moore received an order that he delete all the data on his seized computers.
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Hunter Moore was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation while imprisoned.
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The end credits state that Hunter Moore initially agreed to feature in the documentary in person, but later declined to do so, ending with "we decided to use his image anyway".