The Israeli police have arrested a man connected to the hacking of Madonna's computer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The 39-year-old Tel Aviv resident was arrested Wednesday after a month-long investigation. Lahav 433, a crime-fighting, FBI-like organization within the Israeli Police, said in a statement the suspect “broke into the personal computers of several international artists over the past few months and stole promotional final-cut singles which have yet to be released and traded them online for a fee."
[seealso slug="hacker-sony-allegedly-arrested"]
The attacker on Madonna's computer stole several songs from the artist's upcoming album, Rebel Heart. The songs were leaked online, which Madonna called "artistic rape" and a "form of terrorism." Following the leak in Dec. 2014, Madonna released six songs from the album on iTunes.
X-mas is coming early! Pre order my album and download 6 tracks! Happy Holidays! ❤️#rebelheart pic.twitter.com/YBiJccfQQ4— Madonna (@Madonna) December 20, 2014
While the suspect's identity has been withheld, Ynetnews.com and other Israeli outlets report that he has appeared on a popular reality TV show.
The news comes shortly after a number of arrests tied to high profile cybercrime cases. Last week, the UK police arrested an 18-year-old man in connection to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live DoS (denial of service) attacks, and another man, allegedly a member of the hacker group Lizard Squad and tied to the same attacks, has been arrested on Dec. 31, 2014.