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Title: Apple says iCloud flaw not at root of celebrity photo hack Post by: HCK on September 03, 2014, 09:00:17 pm Apple says iCloud flaw not at root of celebrity photo hack
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Addressing a widespread hack of celebrities’ photos (http://www.macworld.com/article/2600823/icloud-flaw-may-have-allowed-nude-celebrity-photos-to-leak.html), Apple on Tuesday issued an update on its investigation into the incident (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/09/02Apple-Media-Advisory.html) and said that it was continuing to work with law enforcement on the matter.</p><p> According to the company, more than 40 hours of investigation from the company’s engineers has established that the accounts that were compromised were the subjects of a “very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions.” While previous reports suggested that a flaw in iCloud was responsible for the hack, Apple says that none of the cases it has looked into were tied to any vulnerability in the company’s systems.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2600652/apple-says-icloud-flaw-not-at-root-of-celebrity-photo-hack.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple says iCloud flaw not at root of celebrity photo hack (http://www.macworld.com/article/2600652/apple-says-icloud-flaw-not-at-root-of-celebrity-photo-hack.html#tk.rss_all) |