Celebs hacked and nude photos posted online
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 09/01/2014 10:51 AM
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Reports are that a hacker posted nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other young celebrities online. It is believed that Apple's iCloud is to blame.
A bug within Find My iPhone was revealed just one day before the photo leak. The service did not use bruteforce protection, allowing hackers to guess different passwords without being locked out.
Engadget pointed out that: "If this was the flaw used, the hackers would have needed email addresses of celebrities. But, it's possible that only one address is needed, allowing to search inboxes for those of others in a domino effect."
According to Apple: When you turn on My Photo Stream on your devices, all new photos you take or import to those devices will automatically push to your photo stream. New photos that you take automatically upload to your photo stream when you leave the Camera app and connect to Wi-Fi. My Photo Stream doesn't push photos over cellular connections."
To see if you have Photo Stream enabled on your iOS devices, navigate to Settings > iCloud > Photos. There, you can select whether you want My Photo Stream and Photo Sharing to be turned on or off.
If you don't want to shut off Photo Stream, you can activate two-factor authentication.
For more, check out Two-Factor Authentication: Who Has It and How to Set It Up.
A bug within Find My iPhone was revealed just one day before the photo leak. The service did not use bruteforce protection, allowing hackers to guess different passwords without being locked out.
Engadget pointed out that: "If this was the flaw used, the hackers would have needed email addresses of celebrities. But, it's possible that only one address is needed, allowing to search inboxes for those of others in a domino effect."
According to Apple: When you turn on My Photo Stream on your devices, all new photos you take or import to those devices will automatically push to your photo stream. New photos that you take automatically upload to your photo stream when you leave the Camera app and connect to Wi-Fi. My Photo Stream doesn't push photos over cellular connections."
To see if you have Photo Stream enabled on your iOS devices, navigate to Settings > iCloud > Photos. There, you can select whether you want My Photo Stream and Photo Sharing to be turned on or off.
If you don't want to shut off Photo Stream, you can activate two-factor authentication.
For more, check out Two-Factor Authentication: Who Has It and How to Set It Up.
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