Apple Launches Investigation Into Celebrity iCloud Hack

[IndoUS]

People stop taking nude pics of yourself, they will get out.

 

[Levina]

Simple, set up the two stage verification process

i follow that from the very begining.

and follow cleanliness is godliness with your iphone too.

my phone's clean.

Also, don't troll too much !

Nope I dont.

PS : And don't use cloud for personal photos...a 2 inch long and 2 cm wide pendrive can be found at the bottom of the bag quite easily..they go upto 128GB now. Carry your data if you have to, but physically. I do that. I don't use cloud for personal stuff. I rar it with password if i have to use any cloud backup and then upload it.

Well it so happens that I have to carry some important presentations to a sensitive location are where pendrives are not allowed.Its then that I rely on cloud storage.
And it so happened this year that while I had gone to India, I had to get some family pics printed.And I wasnt carrying the pendrive so once again cloud storage came to my rescue.

To be honest, cloud storage was always a bit of a risk, & to a certain extent, storing your personal information online will always have some added security risks in contrast to local storage. An attack like that was bound to happen eventually, but this will force Apple & others to take user privacy & safety a lot more seriously. It's not that Apple doesn't take it seriously anyway, but the loss of trust some percentage of their customers will experience is definitely bad news for them. I don't think their reputation is severely at risk, but they need to rectify the situation professionally to avoid further damage. There is one more thing celebrities & other cloud storage users need to know, & that is to avoid storing nude or embarrassing photos on cloud storage or anywhere else online. Celebrities, politicians, et cetera are high risk targets, so they need to take their privacies more seriously from the get go.

You're right an attack like that was inevitable. But then apps like "find my iphone" could be the cause too.Its as good as getting a virus attack through an app.And what shocked me was that Apple allowed its users to enter the password indefinite times. Iam expecting an iOS update soon.
I do hope this incident wont tarnish apple's reputation.

 

[Levina]

 

[ni8mare]

seeds 41,441
leechers 13,017

 

[The Unnamed]

Well it so happens that I have to carry some important presentations to a sensitive location are where pendrives are not allowed.Its then that I rely on cloud storage.
And it so happened this year that while I had gone to India, I had to get some family pics printed.And I wasnt carrying the pendrive so once again cloud storage came to my rescue.

Use encryption on data. 256 bit encryption still is a safe bet. if not that, then rar it with a strong password, atleaset...honestly that should be SOP.

Till the issue is resolved, don't use that apple software for photos (especially) but .rar the photos w/password with a date on it and then upload on iCloud if you absolutely have to. in general storage and not under photos.

PS: You're a bong, no ?

 

[p(-)0ENiX]

You're right an attack like that was inevitable. But then apps like "find my iphone" could be the cause too.Its as good as getting a virus attack through an app.And what shocked me was that Apple allowed its users to enter the password indefinite times. Iam expecting an iOS update soon.
I do hope this incident wont tarnish apple's reputation.

Of course, "Find My iPhone" may have been used to track the victim's device, & since the feature is linked to iCloud & requires logging in, anyone with a valid password would have complete access to the user's iCloud database. Another people need to know is that they should never choose easy passwords or set words commonly found in any dictionary as a password. The more difficult the password is, the longer it takes for a brute force attack to work. Sometimes, it could even take years, & no hacker will waste his or her time waiting that long to break in to one account. Apple's most likely response would be patch any security flaws, & encourage customers to use the two-step verification method.

In the future, they might incorporate the fingerprint check as alternative log in method for iOS devices. Besides, touch ID can already be used to verify some purchases in the App Store. I am not so sure about Apple choosing to lock accounts after failed log in attempts by default because of the possibility that the owner could have forgotten his or her password, & it may cause inconvenience if he or she is no longer allowed to login for the next 24 hours or some other time period. A better option might be to allow users to configure that on their own & at their own risk. Perhaps Apple could e-mail the user on a non-Apple e-mail address if their account has been locked after a bunch of failed attempts & allow the user to unlock it from within the e-mail itself.

 

[Levina]

Use encryption on data. 256 bit encryption still is a safe bet. if not that, then rar it with a strong password, atleaset...honestly that should be SOP.

Till the issue is resolved, don't use that apple software for photos (especially) but .rar the photos w/password with a date on it and then upload on iCloud if you absolutely have to.

Thanks!
But all that really whooshed over my head.

in general storage and not under photos.

Yeah I do that....thankfully.

PS: You're a bong, no ?

I know you...dont I??

Of course, "Find My iPhone" may have been used to track the victim's device, & since the feature is linked to iCloud & requires logging in, anyone with a valid password would have complete access to the user's iCloud database. Another people need to know is that they should never choose easy passwords or set words commonly found in any dictionary as a password. The more difficult the password is, the longer it takes for a brute force attack to work. Sometimes, it could even take years, & no hacker will waste his or her time waiting that long to break in to one account. Apple's most likely response would be patch any security flaws, & encourage customers to use the two-step verification method.

In the future, they might incorporate the fingerprint check as alternative log in method for iOS devices. Besides, touch ID can already be used to verify some purchases in the App Store. I am not so sure about Apple choosing to lock accounts after failed log in attempts by default because of the possibility that the owner could have forgotten his or her password, & it may cause inconvenience if he or she is no longer allowed to login for the next 24 hours or some other time period. A better option might be to allow users to configure that on their own & at their own risk. Perhaps Apple could e-mail the user on a non-Apple e-mail address if their account has been locked after a bunch of failed attempts & allow the user to unlock it from within the e-mail itself.

The only good thing that I do is to use special characters in my passwords. But it comes with its own disadvantage that I tend to forget the passwords easily

Thanks guys!
Your posts were very informative

 

[The Unnamed]

I know you...dont I??

 

[Levina]

More hints....

 

[The Unnamed]

More hints....

soneh soneh...

 

[p(-)0ENiX]

The only good thing that I do is to use special characters in my passwords. But it comes with its own disadvantage that I tend to forget the passwords easily

Yeah, I guess that's a risk you will have to take. Alternatively, you could write them down & stash them in a safe.

If not that, I heard that iCloud is pretty safe for storing a document filled with passwords.

Another thing celebrities & others that take explicit photos need to know is that the NSA has already seen all of you nude.

Edward Snowden says NSA workers often pass your nude photos around the office

Thanks guys!
Your posts were very informative

No problem.

 

[DesiGuy]

i still doubt icloud was hacked...it looks more of like man in the middle attack.

 

[Levina]

Yeah, I guess that's a risk you will have to take. Alternatively, you could write them down & stash them in a safe.

If not that, I heard that iCloud is pretty safe for storing a document filled with passwords.

Hehe
Yeah if not for anything else then I can use icloud to store my passwords.

Another thing celebrities & others that take explicit photos need to know is that the NSA has already seen all of you nude.

Edward Snowden says NSA workers often pass your nude photos around the office

Hmm
That proves 2 things,one that NSA has a lot of male staff and two that men will remain men.

soneh soneh...

??

 

[The Unnamed]

 

[p(-)0ENiX]

Hehe
Yeah if not for anything else then I can use icloud to store my passwords.

The funny thing is that iCloud's Keychain already stores Safari passwords, so what are the odds of that data being vulnerable?

The hacker that breaks in to an iCloud account with a keychain full of passwords alongside a saved document detailing every account's password will probably make a face like this: ""

Lol! Leaving that aside, the Note 4 is going to be announced today! Excited!?

Hmm
That proves 2 things,one that NSA has a lot of male staff and two that men will remain men.

It is worthwhile to note that the NSA actually claims that they don't tolerate misconduct.

NSA Responds To Snowden Claim That Intercepted Nude Pics 'Routinely' Passed Around By Employees