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A hacker who accessed accounts of actress Jennifer Lawrence, pictured above, and more than 100 other people agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to a felony hacking charge. Mike Nelson/EPA/Corbis
Sep 2, 2014 · Celebs may take nude pics to send to partners when away at film shoots. The hacker apparently took advantage of a now-fixed security flaw in Apple's iCloud. Strong, hard-to-guess passwords and two ...
- How Were The Celebrities' Accounts Hacked?
- What About That Security Hole?
- I Still Don't understand. They're Celebrities.
- Why Would They Store Photos in The Cloud in The First place?
- Should I Be worried?
Celebrities whose iCloud photos were leaked fell victim as a result of targeted attacks, according to the latest reports and information released by Apple. This means the people who hacked into the accounts likely knew the email addresses associated with the celebrity accounts or they were able to answer security questions that granted them access ...
It was thought hackers may have gained access to the iCloud accounts through a security hole in the online storage service's "Find My iPhone" feature which allowed them to conduct brute-force attacks. With a brute-force attack, hackers use a script to automatically try many different username and password combinations in rapid succession until the ...
Contrary to popular belief, most celebrities use technology the same way as most other not-famous people. Apple, Google, and other major tech players don't necessarily give celebrities access to special security features. If there were security-bolstering features available, we'd hope these companies would distribute them to all users, not just the...
Cloud backup services like Apple's iCloud and Google's Instant Upload are often enabled by default, so it's possible the photos were being uploaded to iCloud without the celebrities being aware. For example, iCloud's Photo Stream service automatically uploads photos you take on your Apple device and stores them in iCloud for 30 days. With Photo Str...
Even though you're not Brad Pitt or Cameron Diaz, it's a good time to review your own iCloud security. Photos aren't the only items stored in iCloud -- your contacts, iOS device's location, and notes may also be stored there. Here are some steps you can take: 1. Enable two-step verification. Now. The greatest defense against brute-force and targete...
The Sun revealed how private photographs of Emma Watson were leaked online, with claims the haul included nude images.. Mischa Barton. The O.C. star was at the centre of a sex tape scandal after ...
2014 celebrity nude photo leak. On August 31, 2014, a collection of nearly five hundred private pictures of various celebrities, mostly women, with many containing nudity, were posted on the imageboard 4chan, and swiftly disseminated by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit. The leak was dubbed " The Fappening ...
Actress Gabrielle Union, 44, penned an open letter to the hackers who leaked her nude pictures. In an essay for Cosmopolitan , she wrote: “I thought, this is a targeted attack, a hate crime ...
Mar 16, 2016 · 16 March 2016. Twitter: The Heavy's report on Ryan Collins. You may remember the fappening, also known as Celebgate - when an anonymous hacker, or hackers, leaked naked pictures of more than 100 ...
