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Celebrity iCloud Accounts Compromised by Weak Passwords, Not iCloud Breach
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I did read the thread that said this was probably a social engineering problem.
And iCloud did allow an unlimited number of consecutive failed login attempts, until very early this morning.
The first problem did not excuse the second one.
samsung
Always like to think outside the box on cases like this. I'm not a lunatic conspiracy theorist, but it healthy to have questions.... My question: Is it inconceivable a rival such as Samsung facilitated this attack to negatively affect Apple's reputation?
With new details emerging, probably not but would you put it past Samsung in the future?
Always like to think outside the box on cases like this. I'm not a lunatic conspiracy theorist, but it healthy to have questions.... My question: Is it inconceivable a rival such as Samsung facilitated this attack to negatively affect Apple's reputation?
With new details emerging, probably not but would you put it past Samsung in the future?
I never excused the second one either. The point is the second one had nothing to do with the hack.
11 female celebrities out of... all of them. Those are pretty good odds for finding weak passwords.
But we all won in a way, due to this mess
By we, i mean us horny guys that wanted to see some celebrity breasts.
By we, i mean us horny guys that wanted to see some celebrity breasts.
Share blame my ass.
Victim overlooked some extra security steps.
Hacker willfully planned an attack, going against local, state, federal and international laws (if outside of US) in order to obtain private information.
There's a lot of difference there.
You are correct we should skeptical, but Apple is laying an awful lot of credibility at risk if this release is a blatant lie but they could very well be leaving valuable information out.
I would criticize Apple for 1, not requiring people with simple passwords to update them to more complex ones. 2. Not requiring 2 step authentication for every log in from unrecognized device/web and 3. not requiring payment verification for access such as a CSV or requiring iCloud accounts with a 5s connected to use TouchID for authentication from other devices..
I feel like iCloud security has not kept up with how valuable the information in it has become and becoming, someones life really can get ruined in a real way if this account is compromised.
Hey, I'm an Apple user too! Security issues have the potential to affect all of us.
Out of thousands of celebrities which may have been targeted, statistically 11 of them having weak passwords is highly likely actually.
Yep, I've thought about it. Still stupid to have such a simple password. If they were stupid to take naked pictures of themselves, then they were stupid enough to have a weak password.
Nope still blame Apple partly, because it magically patched a security hole and THEN announced it was nothing to do with a security hole...
Anyway, it is their fault entirely for not blocking accounts after the wrong password was used so many times. That is inexcusable IMO.
Anyway, it is their fault entirely for not blocking accounts after the wrong password was used so many times. That is inexcusable IMO.
The victim was Apple's name.
Got blamed in the press because some people were reckless.
It's like blaming Ferrari because they make fast cars.
Yes, it does. We all have our own opinions. If they used such a weak password, what do you expect. It's just pathetic, it really is.
Apple has no duty to prevent people from using weak passwords?
Thats interesting, because my far less important company has that duty
Thats interesting, because my far less important company has that duty
It's Apple's system. They designed it. They own it.
Blame Apple for having such a bad authentication system that allows weak passwords.
It really is 100% Apple's fault.