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Aug 26, 2017 · After Modern Family star Sarah Hyland got hacked and her nude photos were posted online by an unnamed hacker in July, false claims of an imminent leak involving Kylie Jenner and Victoria Justice...
Mar 15, 2017 · 15 March 2017. AFP. Emma Watson is taking legal action after dozens of private images of her appeared online. A spokesman for the Beauty and the Beast star confirmed the pictures - which show her...
The incident comes more than two years since 'the fappening' - where hackers stole explicit images and video of more than 100 A-list women and leaked them on social site 4Chan.
- Here's How Your Favorite Celebrities Got Hacked
- Celebgate: One of The Worst Celebrity Hacks of All Time
- Hackers breached iCloud, Apple’s Cloud Storage Service
- The North Korea Sony Hack
- The News of The World Scandal
- Even Mark Zuckerberg and Other Tech CEOs Got Hacked
- The Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks Law Firm Hack
- The Bitcoin Twitter Highjacking of Obama, Kanye, and More
- Don't Make The Same Security Mistakes as These Celebrities
For one, cyber attacks aren’t limited to the rich and famous. You may think an account takeover or the release of private photos could never happen to you. But the same scams, frauds, and hacks used to target the private data of high-profile celebrities are used against regular people like you and me every single day. So what can we learn from the ...
CelebGatewas one of the worst celebrity hackings in recent history. Using a coordinated attack, cybercriminals stole and leaked over 500 sensitive and private photos from nearly 100 famous young women between 2014 and 2017. The list of film and pop stars affected by this hacking scandal (and others like it) includes: 1. Amanda Seyfried 2. Amber Hea...
With the majority of celebrities using iPhones and other Apple devices, hackers went looking for vulnerabilities in Apple's cloud storage system. What they found was that iPhones, iPads, and laptops automatically backup photos and videos to their users' iCloud accounts. To access those accounts requires an Apple ID and password. So how did hackers ...
One of the earliest celebrity hacks happened to Sony Pictures Entertainmentin 2014. After producing a satirical movie about Kim Jong-un called The Interview, a North Korean hacking collective known as the Guardians of Peace breached the Sony studio servers. During the security breach, cybercriminals stole and leaked employee addresses, telephone nu...
The News of The Worldwas a British tabloid infamously known for its salacious headlines and celebrity gossip. Where did this insider information come from? Apparently, it came from hacking the phones of multiple celebrities. Actor Hugh Grant filed over 170 phone hacking complaints against the tabloid. Sienna Miller and Jude Law were also victims. T...
You’d think the creator and CEO of Facebook would be savvy about passwords and cybersecurity. But Mark Zuckerberg was hackedby the cybercriminal collective known as OurMine. The hackers learned Zuckerberg used the same password — “dadada” — for both his Twitter and Pinterest accounts. This same hacker group previously stole 117 million LinkedIn pas...
New York law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sackswas attacked by the REvil hacking group in 2020. The data breach exposed 756 gigabytes of private information and legal actions related to these celebs: 1. Robert DeNiro 2. Elton John 3. LeBron James 4. Lady Gaga 5. Madonna 6. Mariah Carey 7. Drake 8. Bruce Springsteen 9. Nicki Minaj Since the breach,...
During July of 2020, a massive cyberattack targeted and hijacked 130 celebrity Twitter accounts. Once they got access to their Twitter accounts, the hackers sent out tweets such as, “If you send me $1,000 in Bitcoin, I’ll send you $2,000.” Unsuspecting followers clicked the links in the tweets and made the transactions, but never received any money...
Just because these hacking cases happened to celebrities doesn’t mean they can’t happen to you or someone in your family. Luckily, in most cases, these embarrassing situations are entirely preventable. Basic security mistakes like reusing weak passwords and falling for phishing scams are all it takes to destroy your reputation. So what would happen...
Mar 16, 2017 · While personal photos of her were stolen only this week, Emma made her position crystal clear when she defended her friend Jennifer Lawrence in 2014 after she had naked photos of her leaked and...
Cyrus had her photos leaked online by cruel hackers. Emma Watson The Sun revealed how private photographs of Emma Watson were leaked online, with claims the haul included nude images.
Feb 20, 2017 · The 25-year-old star has allegedly had as many as 200 private and intimate photographs stolen in a new online attack reminiscent of the shocking attack Jennifer Lawrence and numerous other...