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"The hacker who became famous for revealing President George W. Bush's artistic side by leaking pictures of some of his paintings is going to spend at least four years in a Romanian prison for his exploits.\nMarcel Lazar Lehel, 42, better known by his online moniker Guccifer, was sentenced on Friday in Romania for hacking into the private email account of Romania's secret service chief George Maior, according to news reports. \nSee also: Prominent Hacker Who Became FBI Informant Is Released\nAs part of his hacking exploits, Lehel broke into the email accounts of various high-profile victims \u2014 not just the former President, but also actors Steve Martin and Rupert Everett, editor Tina Brown, and many more. But the Romanian court did not mention his attacks on American victims, according to Reuters.\nLehel, who is a cab driver, became famous in February of 2013, when he released a series of photos and emails stolen from the accounts of Bush's family members. Among the leaked material, there were pictures of two self-portraits of Bush, one in the bathtub and one in the shower. \nImage courtesy The Smoking Gun\nAt the time, Bush's hobby wasn't known to the public. The former president eventually unveiled his paintings to the public in a recent art exhibit at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas.\nSecretary of State Colin Powell was another prominent victim of Guccifer's antics. Lehel hacked his AOL email account and exposed personal his correspondence, forcing Powell to deny he had an affair with Romanian European parliament member Corina Cretu.\nGuccifer reportedly gained access to his victims' email accounts with a simple trick: guessing the answers to their password recovery security questions using publicly available information. \nLehel was arrested in January. In 2012 he was given a suspended sentence of three years in prison \u2014 which means he could end up spending a total of 7 years behind bars.\nA Bush spokesman declined to comment for this story.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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