Icloud got hacked
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- pr2-7
I'm really disappointed that there is no one, nicely organised, place to see those pictures...
...and i have no idea who ANY of the people are.
- GeorgesIV0
I can't believe we are not discussing the gaping hole in cloud security that was exploited?
Do you think appl will release a statement about the breach or issue a silent update as usual?
btw: predicting 13yo romanian computer genius getting slammed pretty soon
- 20020
^ go to 4chan /b/
all there and more
- ETM0
- ernexbcn0
Seems the passwords were bruteforced, as in guessed from lists of passwords available online and tested against iCloud servers.
Websites and services usually delay repeated attempts when entering passwords and even lock accounts temporarily when suspicious activity is detected, it seems there was a server related to Apple ID where you could point your bruteforce lists against which wasn't protected with these delays and lockouts.
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2014…
So not really hacked, more like script kiddies guessing passwords.
- a good password manager which generates gigantic passwords of random letters and numbers help mitigate these attacksernexbcn
- I use 1Password, it's great.ernexbcn
- – ernexbcn I'm calling the police.ApeRobot
- That qualifies as a 'hack'. Not particularly elegant or sophisticated in its deployment, but a hack nonetheless.detritus
- hack, maybe, but is it really a flaw in Apple's service?monospaced
- it is a flaw because it should block multiple attempts of wrong passwordsernexbcn
- I see.monospaced
- ApeRobot0
"...more like script kiddies guessing passwords. "
In other words, hacking basics.
- Akagiyama0
Can I just post links to every imgur gallery already? It'll all be in one place, y'all can burn off a box of kleenex, then we can get back to important things like "Jam or Jelly on a PB&J?" and "Welcome To My Face 2. Will it live up to the original classic?"
- ernexbcn0
^ there's a pretty big difference between "iCloud hacked" and "passwords were guessed for some accounts".
The 1st. would be a disaster, the 2nd. is just a flaw easily patched.
If iCloud was hacked that means access to everybody's iCloud information.
- monospaced0
Apple's official response:
We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities. When we learned of the theft, we were outraged and immediately mobilized Apple’s engineers to discover the source. Our customers’ privacy and security are of utmost importance to us. 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 that has become all too common on the Internet. None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple’s systems including iCloud® or Find my iPhone. We are continuing to work with law enforcement to help identify the criminals involved.
To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password and enable two-step verification. Both of these are addressed on our website athttp://support.apple.com/kb/ht...
- Condones photo theft! but willing allows NSA access..yurimon
- they aren't condoning it, and the NSA stuff is something else entirelymonospaced
- I think he confused 'condone' with 'condemn'.ETM
- I never know with yurimon, he loves to sidetrackmonospaced
- you mean condom?OSFA
- monospaced0
iCloud was not hacked.
- internet rumours suggest these images were collected over a long period of time by a small group of people.nb
- right, but not an iCloud hack or vulnerabilitymonospaced
- and then released all together. So yeah, I doubt my iCloud is vulnerable to hackers.nb
- Yes, I agree with you.nb
- brute force was used on icloud login - apple just admitted that2002
- system was not hacked but just compromised accounts2002
- ah, gotchamonospaced
- sem0
Diaz knows better nowadays since making this movie.