Apple : Update to Celebrity Photo Investigation

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MGS_forgot_password wrote:

After more than 40 hours of investigation

So ten engineers looked at it this morning before lunch?

I'm sure they've been dealing with this since Saturday.

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ztirffritz wrote:
I'm amazed at how difficult it is to find these photos online. Not that I'm looking for them, or anything like that.

:agree:



PICTURES, we need PICTURES!!!!!!! :villagers:

[RAMd®d]

I'm pleased at how difficult it is to find these photos online.

Many sites that first posted links or pics took them down very quickly.

I'm amazed that more people don't think this is a big deal.

I'm not amazed that those who don't think it's a big deal apparently have never had data stolen from them.

Theft of data and identity theft via the internet is become more and more common. The havoc it can wreak may take years to undo, or at least get over.

To those who don't think this is a big deal- do you lock your doors at night?

[Speedy]

decay wrote: To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to

not take selfies while naked! Duh.

[Robert M]

RAM,

Exactly. This is a big deal. That said, it doesn't sound like the hacker used information recycled from other sites per say. No doubt, that data was used. But, it also sounds like the hacker just kept at it until the security was breached, using whatever information he/she/they had on hand. I can picture a hacker using a program to keep attacking a particular account with different combinations of info until it gets through the security. Then, boom. The program is in, notifies the hacker and the free for all ensues.

Robert

[PeterB]

For anyone saying why this isn't a big deal, I guess you'd have no problem me downloading and rifling through your personal or "special" photos. It's a massive invasion of privacy, not to mention illegal.

I'm glad that Apple has fixed the security hole, but to me, it's yet one more indicator that storing things in the "cloud" is simply not a good idea.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/josephsteinb...all-of-us/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/...esnt-work/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendels...sex-crime/

[decay]

fappening

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meh. don't bother, really.

[vision63]

decay wrote:
fappening

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meh. don't bother, really.

What does fappening mean?

[Bosco]

PeterB wrote:
For anyone saying why this isn't a big deal, I guess you'd have no problem me downloading and rifling through your personal or "special" photos. It's a massive invasion of privacy, not to mention illegal.

If I were a celebrity, I wouldn’t have any data in the cloud (especially nude photos). That's just me.

Having said that, I really don't think stolen celebrity photos are a big deal. If anything, it just gives them more attention and free media exposure -which they crave.

However, stolen identity, credit cards, bank info, etc. is different. The FBI should investigate and prosecute those who commit those crimes.

How would I feel if someone went through my special photos online? I don't know. I don't have any special photos. If I did, I certainly wouldn't put them in the cloud. That doesn't mean it's ok for someone to steal them. However, I don't think the FBI needs to get involved for stolen celebrity nude photos.

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[vision63]

Somebody broke into a bank and stole the contents of their safe deposit box. That's the brick and mortar version of this story. It's unacceptable. This puts all internet commerce on notice and while I don't like it and will resist (out of years of hardened laziness), I do need to be forced to enact double whatever logins.