EDMONTON, AB – TECHNOLOGY – Apple today provided an update on the theft of its celebrity photo theft investigation. According to the company, after more than 40 hours of investigation, it admitted that “certain” celebrity accounts were in fact compromised.
The media has been reporting the theft of intimate images of celebrities such as Hunger Games’ Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton and more than 100 others as a result of an alleged iCloud hack and posting on the Internet. Some reports say that certain individuals are claiming the pics are fakes, while others confirmed they are authentic.
Apple denied that any of the cases were the result of any breach in its own systems, including iCloud or Find My iPhone. The company said it was a very large targeted attack on user names, password and security questions – a practice that now seems to be a common everyday occurrence.
But that explanation didn’t stop Kirsten Dunst of Spiderman fame, from expressing ange toward the tech company. According to London’s Daily Mail, Dunst “Has become the first celebrity to publicly criticize Apple after it emerged that a flaw in the ‘Find My iPhone’ function of its iCloud service may have helped a hacker to steal nude photos of her and hundreds of other celebrities.”
Apple says it is working with the authorities in an attempt to identify the culprits.
Meantime, Apple is stressing that people can help themselves from getting similarly hacked by always using a strong password and enabling two-step verification. Information on how to do both of these can be found at the Apple ID: Security and your Apple ID support page.
Greg Gazin
Senior Editor Greg Gazin is a Syndicated Veteran Tech Columnist and Small Business and Technology Speaker, Author and Past Toastmasters District Governor. He can be reached at GadgetGuy.CA or on Twitter@gadgetgreg
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