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Title: Tim Cook: iCloud security will be strengthened Post by: HCK on September 06, 2014, 09:00:16 am Tim Cook: iCloud security will be strengthened
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple, still reeling from the nude celebrity photo incident, plans to soon strengthen security around its iCloud storage service, according to CEO Tim Cook in a news report Thursday.</p><p> The change consists primarily of new warnings when certain changes are made to an account, as well as implementation of two-factor authentication on iCloud accounts, Cook told (http://online.wsj.com/articles/tim-cook-says-apple-to-add-security-alerts-for-icloud-users-1409880977) The Wall Street Journal.</p><p> iCloud accounts for more than a dozen celebrities were compromised by hackers who obtained their login credentials, possibly by guessing security questions or using password-breaking tools. The subsequent release of nude photos put Apple on the defense, with the company maintaining that its systems were not breached.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2603140/apple-ceo-says-icloud-security-will-be-strengthened.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Tim Cook: iCloud security will be strengthened (http://www.macworld.com/article/2603140/apple-ceo-says-icloud-security-will-be-strengthened.html#tk.rss_all) |