After the horrifying celebrity photo leak 2014, Apple users who have subscribed to iCloud have been skeptical about continuing the services of the cloud storage and computing service.
On the last day of August, more than 100 celebrities - actors, musicians, Olympians, models - were threatened with exposure as their personal iCloud storages were reportedly hacked. Personal nude and racy photos were threatened to be released to the public on a per hour basis in a certain discussion site.
Soon after, the victims of the hacking proceeded to release press statements. Some denying the photos authenticity, claiming that these are either edited or fake photos, while some proceeded to file a lawsuit against those who have reposted and will repost the leaked photos.
The access where the celebrity photo leak 2014 mainly originated has since been taken down. Reports have disclosed that the hackers got into each targeted victim's iCloud singularly, and that the celebrity photo leak 2014 was not a result of a massive hacking as was initially reported.
Stemming from this celebrity photo leak 2014 issue is the security of the iCloud. Users - celebrity or not - have flocked online discussions about the safety and security of Apple's cloud storage after hackers deliberately got into the celebrities' accounts that holds information from their iPhones, iPads and Macbooks.
In response, Apple worked on the celebrity photo leak 2014 investigation and their iCloud. According to their media advisory on Apple.com, "After more than 40 hours of investigation, we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that has become all too common on the Internet. None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple's systems including iCloud® or Find my iPhone."
To date, Apple has installed a two-step verification code as that used for iTunes and the App Store. To prevent the celebrity photo leak 2014 on reoccurring, Apple advices, "To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password and enable two-step verification."
