Imagine taking a picture of yourself as God brought you into the world. And that this photo ends up on the Internet, shared publicly with all those who want to see it. Now imagine that you are a famous star. That's what happened a few hours ago with a collection of over 100 photographs that have been stolen from the iCloud of famous people (private cloud where photos and files are uploaded the iPad or iPhone ). Kirsten Dunst (Spiderman), Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) or Hayden Panettiere(the animator of the Heroes series) are some of the names of an extensive list of affected by the theft of private photos from their iCloud . We tell you all the details about this surprising news.
Although there are still many details to be known about this leak, everything indicates that the hacker may have taken advantage of a security error in the iCloud platform to access the data stored by numerous celebrities in the cloud through his iPad and iPhone . This tool works by creating a private cloud between the different Apple devices of the user, to which, among other things, the photos and videos that we take through these computers are uploaded. The result has been the publication of more than 100 photos on the network that have been shared through various services such as Imgur or 4Chan. This second portal has already removed all the photographs and is currently down.
A list with all the famous people (more than 50 names) who have been affected by this theft is already circulating on the network , the vast majority women. Although some of the famous have reacted by denying the veracity of these images, others have confirmed that they are personal photos that correspond to their private lives. One of these cases is that of Jennifer Lawrence , a young and talented actress who has already won an Oscar and has participated in films such as the saga of "The Hunger Games" or "The good side of things". Through a spokesperson he has made a statement condemning this action that violates the privacy of the actress. Other celebrities have confirmed the truth of these photographs directly. For example, Mary E. Winstead , an actress present in movies like "Scott Pilgrim" directly attacked people who were viewing the photos her husband took of her years ago. In addition, he also gave a clue about the magnitude of the attack as he claimed that he had long since deleted those photos.
The problem may be greater since the hacker claims that he still has hundreds of photos that he has not published yet, and even erotic videos of some of the celebrities. Its objective is to get money in exchange for sharing these files with those users who want to pay to see it. Be that as it may, at the moment Apple has not reacted officially, but it is going to face a really serious problem. Security has always been one of the most important workhorses of the apple company to sell its products. A hole of this magnitude in iCloudit can be really damaging to your image, and it is still too early to say how far the repercussions of this massive leak will go. What do you think of this news? Do you trust that Apple will continue to be a reliable platform to store your personal data?