Former NJ Cop Hacked 2,800 Rowan College Student Accounts, Sent Nudes: Officials

EVESHAM, NJ — Officials say they've identified 18 more victims in a hacking case involving a former Mount Laurel police officer who is accused of accessing and sending women's nude photos without consent.

Ayron Taylor, 22, of Delran faces 87 additional charges according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Evesham Township Police Chief Walt Miller. Police arrested him Wednesday, and he was released Friday afternoon after a first appearance in Burlington County Superior Court.

Taylor, who resigned from the Mount Laurel Police Department, was originally charged in October with three counts of computer crime, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and invasion of privacy. Read more — NJ Cop Hacked Woman's Social Media, Leaked Her Nude Photos: Official

Now, he faces 28 counts of second-degree crimes including computer criminal activity and distribution of child pornography; and 59 counts of third-degree crimes including computer theft and other cyber-related crimes, officials said.

Some of the nude photos were taken when the victims were minors, Bradshaw and Miller said.

Each victim had a student email account through Rowan College of Burlington County, Bradshaw and Miller said.

Taylor illegally accessed more than 2,800 email accounts from the college, officials said. He is accused of illegally accessing the women's social media and email accounts, and distributing some of the victims' personal nude photos to people on their contact lists.

"Some of this activity occurred while he was on duty and sitting in his patrol car, utilizing personal electronic devices," Bradshaw and Miller said.

College president Dr. Michael Cioce said the college "immediately" strengthened network security after they first learned of the hack.

“This is a repugnant cyber intrusion of privacy against the college and, especially, many of our students," Cioce said in a news release. "Although there was no systemic failure of the college’s technology infrastructure, there is always opportunity for stronger security measures. The college’s Office of Student Support can provide assistance to victims who are impacted."

The prosecutor's office asks any student who has an RCBC email account and suspects that their private photos were shared without authorization to contact investigators at bcpohtc@co.burlington.nj.us.

Taylor graduated from the police academy in October 2021 and became a full-time police officer, Bradshaw said. Taylor was been suspended without pay and the Mt. Laurel Police Department sought to terminate him before he resigned, Bradshaw and Miller said.