The Apple company announced Monday that it is investigating the possibility that hackers have penetrated service data storage iCloud to get pictures of famous nude or in sexy poses.
“We take the privacy of our users very seriously and are actively investigating this information,” he said in a statement Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerrys.
We take the privacy of our users very seriously The explanation that has emerged from the Internet filtration hundreds of private pictures of famous nude or in sexy poses is a possible security issue Apple iCloud service to store photos, music and data in the cloud, which may have been used by “hackers”.
Also, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement that it is “aware” of the news and that is already being “serviced”.
Although many of the photos have been described as crude montages, some celebrity victims of the release of the photos to social networks after filtration, as Jennifer Lawrence, the star of ‘The Games hunger ‘ have confirmed that among them there are some true, like yours.
Lawrence has said that present legal action against any media to publish their “stolen pictures” , which were housed first in the sharing site online photos 4Chan, signed by “Anonymous” and then began his racial social networks like Twitter and Reddit, among many others.
“is a flagrant violation of privacy, “said spokesman artist in a statement, who said that it has already contacted the American authorities.
According to a comment on the specialized website GitHub, apparently someone found a security hole in Apple service called Find My Phone (find my phone) that allows tracking and remote lock a lost or stolen phone.
This security breach could have allowed the hacker automatically introduced in the iPhone storage service in the cloud different combinations of passwords until you find the right one.
The list of celebrities who allegedly have suffered from this attack includes virtual Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Victoria Justice, Kim Kardashian, Kate Upton, Lea Michelle, Mary Kate Olsen and Kirsten Dunst, as the portal Buzzfeed.com, which echoed the news for leaking the photos but not published.
Another young actress who recognized the existence of his photographs is filtered Mary Elizabeth Winstead , who wrote on Twitter that it is “photos I took with my husband years ago and in the privacy of our home.”
“Knowing that we delete those pictures a long time, I can imagine malicious effort made (the hacker) to get them. My sympathies to all who are pirated, “he added.
Other celebrities, however, have rejected the authenticity of images, among which also appeared a video.” These photos that are supposed I go naked that are false, let me make clear this, “meanwhile actress and singer Victoria Justice in a Twitter message.” Completely untrue, “said the spokeswoman Ariana Grande when asked about this matter.
This is not the first time that celebrities are targeted by computer thieves who have made personal material from internet, including Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera and Scarlett Johansson.
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