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Apple is 'Actively Investigating' Possible Breach of Celebrity iCloud Accounts

Apple is 'Actively Investigating' Possible Breach of Celebrity iCloud Accounts

Posted September 1, 2014 at 11:31pm by iClarified
Apple is "actively investigating" reports that a possible breach of iCloud accounts resulted in hackers gaining access to private nude videos and photos of well known celebrities and actresses.

Earlier yesterday, an anonymous user began uploading hundreds of nude photos and videos of popular celebrities to 4chan. The images quickly spread across the web, and many pointed to iCloud as the possible culprit. Apple responded to the allegations today in a statement to Recode.

“We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report,” said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris.


Currently, security researchers believe attackers were able to access the celebrity accounts through weak passwords. The Next Web says a flaw in Apple's Find My iPhone service lets users run a python script that lets hackers guess passwords repeatedly without any sort of lockout. Apple's main iCloud login screen had a protection that prevented an unlimited number of guesses, however its separate Find My iPhone service did not. Apple has since patched this hole, however we are still not sure if it was a method used to access the iCloud accounts.

Earlier this year, some iCloud accounts were hacked and used to take hostage of iOS devices. Some were forced to pay ransom back in order to get their device unlocked.

We'll keep you update if Apple releases another statement. In the meantime, we strongly recommend that you use two-step verification with your account!

Apple is 'Actively Investigating' Possible Breach of Celebrity iCloud Accounts



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Funny
Funny - September 2, 2014 at 3:03pm
Now this is funny. Haha Now isheep let me hear you BRAG about your secured OS!
iFedUp
iFedUp - September 2, 2014 at 8:11am
Haha Now here we have most secured mobile OS here. Take that iSheeps.
hamood_d10
hamood_d10 - September 2, 2014 at 1:05am
seen some of the nude this is real damn ... Jennifer Lawrence shes hot
Nuck Chorris
Nuck Chorris - September 2, 2014 at 12:13am
The hack must've been caused by all of that Android malware that's talked about on this site.
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