After more than 40 hours of investigation, we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice. Apple 'actively investigating' icloud link to celeb photo leak company's online storage service said to be source of a large cache of private nude celebrity images. The 2014 fappening hackers used phishing to trick celebrities into entering their icloud account credentials into bogus 'security' websites and then accessed private photographs and videos of more than 300 victims However, it is unclear what attack vector attackers used in the latest hack to broke into celebrities' icloud accounts. The leak of personal photos of female celebrities, has tech observers questioning and debating potential vulnerabilities in apple's icloud. Celebs hacked, nude pics posted online reports indicate that a hack of apple's icloud is to blame, though apple has not yet commented on the issue.
The case the gossip news of this week is the alleged hack of apple's icloud of many celebrities Hundreds of naked photos purportedly belonging to more than one hundred actors and singers have been disclosed online On sunday, the pictures of 101 celebrities, including ariana grande, jennifer lawrence, victoria justice, kate upton, kim kardashian, rihanna, kirsten dunst and selena gomez were. The breach revealed critical misunderstandings about cloud storage security, as users weren't aware that deleted photos could persist on servers The incident sparked major debates about digital privacy and led apple to strengthen security. Ryan collins has pleaded guilty to unauthorized access to a computer in a trial where he has been charged with hacking (via engadget) more than 50 icloud and 70 gmail accounts
