Massive iCloud Hack

[Atomic Cow]

Usually I don't post crap like this, but because it iCloud has been completely breached, I think it is worthwhile news.

Be my guest to search all you want, but I'm going to pass on posting links to even news articles.

Right now the hacker(s) is busy selling hundreds if not thousands of nude selfies of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton, but they are also selling unrestricted access to iCloud to anyone who is willing to pay.

Until Apple shuts it down and closes the breach, it is being recommended that anyone with data stored on iCloud should delete it at once.

Now, I don't use Apple products do I don't know how iCloud works except that it ties into iPhones and iPads.

[mystery-ak]

I have an Ipad and use Icloud sometimes but I don't keep my nudey photos there...

[alicewonders]

I have an Ipad and use Icloud sometimes but I don't keep my nudey photos there...

Yeah, those I keep on a disk labeled "Illustrated Guide to Moth Species in North America - East of the Mississippi".

 :nometalk:

[mystery-ak]

Yeah, those I keep on a disk labeled "Illustrated Guide to Moth Species in North America - East of the Mississippi".

 :nometalk:

very clever....

[EC]

I have an Ipad and use Icloud sometimes but I don't keep my nudey photos there...

TMI!!!!!!

[alicewonders]

very clever....

Yeah, until I die someday and my niece has a yard sale to sell my junk - and some kid that's going to do a paper on moths decides to buy the disk......

[DCPatriot]

I have an Ipad and use Icloud sometimes but I don't keep my nudey photos there...

 

[Atomic Cow]

This is why I would never, ever put anything of importance "in the cloud."  I keep all of my financial documents and anything else of importance (airplane, vacation, family photos I've taken, senior and master's thesis, etc.) on an external hard drive that is physically disconnected unless I need to back something up on it.

Nothing I have stored on this computer, or the few things online (Photobucket) are of any value or consequence.

While I don't condone taking pictures as these women have, what has happened to them is beyond wrong.  Hackers are lower than pond scum.

Edit:

As for iCloud, deleting the file from your iPhone or iPad does NOT remove it from iCloud.  You have to manually remove it from there as well.

So much for Apple being touted as hack proof.

[Atomic Cow]

Apple's lawyers better be worth every penny, because they're about to to get sued like never before.

[jmyrlefuller]

I NEVER put anything on the cloud of importance.

In fact, until I bought a Chromebook earlier this year (I thought I could put Linux on it, but it turned out to have the wrong processor and none of the software is compatible with it, so I was pretty much stuck with the thing) I didn't put ANYTHING on one of these “clouds.” If I have to create something important on Google Drive, I save an external copy, then empty the cloud version of the file before deleting it. Then, I HOPE that there's no remnant of my stuff on the cloud.

Anything I did put online, I put with the full knowledge that it could be accessed by anyone.

Maybe now the old flash drive or SD card will start making a comeback.

[alicewonders]

Never put anything online that you wouldn't want your mother or the IRS to read.

[mystery-ak]

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-fixes-security-flaw-in-find-my-iphone-software-2014-9#ixzz3C4kw4dY8
Apple Just Patched A Security Flaw In iCloud That Could've Been Used To Hack Celebrity Accounts

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-fixes-security-flaw-in-find-my-iphone-software-2014-9#ixzz3C4t8oNxJ

[massadvj]

I have an Ipad and use Icloud sometimes but I don't keep my nudey photos there...

Well, that's unfortunate for the rest of us.  :nometalk:

Both Apple and Google are attempting to get people to trust their clouds entirely.  Getting people to use and completely trust cloud-based software such as gmail and Google Docs gives Google access to the most intimate details of peoples' lives.  If people knew how close the relationship is between Google and the Feds they would be astonished.  Some people even think Google is a CIA front, and I would not rule that possibility out.

Apple, on the other hand, has always been assumed to be wholly invested in its customers.  For this to happen will shake a lot of folks' confidence in Apple.

I am totally in accord that anyone who puts something as private as nude photos on the Internet -- no matter how strong the security -- is a fool.  They don't deserve to be exploited, but it's a little hard to be entirely sympathetic.

[Atomic Cow]

I NEVER put anything on the cloud of importance.

In fact, until I bought a Chromebook earlier this year (I thought I could put Linux on it, but it turned out to have the wrong processor and none of the software is compatible with it, so I was pretty much stuck with the thing) I didn't put ANYTHING on one of these “clouds.” If I have to create something important on Google Drive, I save an external copy, then empty the cloud version of the file before deleting it. Then, I HOPE that there's no remnant of my stuff on the cloud.

Anything I did put online, I put with the full knowledge that it could be accessed by anyone.

Maybe now the old flash drive or SD card will start making a comeback.

A Chromebook is good for surfing the Internet if one prefers a traditional laptop to a phone or tablet.  I'm considering one for when I travel since I'd like something much smaller than my laptop.  Beyond that, I wouldn't use it for anything else.

External hard drive that is not physically connected to anything or powered off except when needed is the safest.

I am totally in accord that anyone who puts something as private as nude photos on the Internet -- no matter how strong the security -- is a fool.  They don't deserve to be exploited, but it's a little hard to be entirely sympathetic.

Foolish yes, but the problem is many may not have even know the photos were being backed up to iCloud.  I know on Android, you have to manually setup and enable the cloud storage connected to the phone, and if you want, you can uninstall the cloud app completely.

The trendy thing now is for young people (mostly women) to take these pictures for themselves as a reminder of how their bodies looked when they were younger, and as motivation later to stay in shape later in life.  In that regard, just put the photos on a disconnected hard drive.

[Atomic Cow]

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-fixes-security-flaw-in-find-my-iphone-software-2014-9#ixzz3C4kw4dY8
Apple Just Patched A Security Flaw In iCloud That Could've Been Used To Hack Celebrity Accounts

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-fixes-security-flaw-in-find-my-iphone-software-2014-9#ixzz3C4t8oNxJ

This has got to be one of the stupidest failings in cyber security in eons.  I haven't seen a site in probably 10 years that didn't lock an account after 3-10 failed password attempts.

Apple is going to get sued and it will be fun to watch.