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Jennifer Lawrence ‘Fappening’ hacker sentenced to 34 months in prison

Friday, March 1, 2019 5:39 pmNo Comments

A Richmond man was sentenced today to almost three years in prison for charges…

Hacker sentenced to prison for role in Jennifer Lawrence nude photo theft via Apple iCloud hack

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 11:56 pm11 Comments

A hacker was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for a scheme that exposed intimate photos of the actor Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities…

Apple, Google cashed in on Pizzagate-offshoot conspiracy app

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 10:28 am10 Comments

An app promoting a conspiracy theory featuring Hillary Clinton and a child sex ring lingered at the top of Apple’s App Store…

How to keep your personal intimate photos off Apple’s iCloud

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 1:25 pmTuesday, June 19, 20186 Comments

You don’t have to be a celebrity to be concerned about your privacy…

New Nude app is a photo vault that uses AI to hide your sensitive photos

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 4:20 pmTuesday, October 17, 201719 Comments

When Nude finds what it believes to be nude photos, it moves them to a private, PIN-protected vault inside the app…

Second ‘Fappening’ hacker who targeted celebrity Apple accounts sentenced to 9 months in prison

Thursday, January 26, 2017 11:47 pm6 Comments

Edward J. Majerczyk, 29, admitted last fall that he hacked into the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of more than 300 people….

36-year-old man to plead guilty to iCloud ‘Fappening’ celebrity nude photo theft

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 8:09 pm12 Comments

A man has been charged with hacking the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of celebrities…

‘Fappening’ celebrity nude leak suspect alleged to have hacked 572 iCloud accounts

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 9:25 amWednesday, June 10, 201529 Comments

The celebrity iCloud heist was done through the oldest (and most reliable) method of online malice: phishing emails…

Jennifer Lawrence calls nude photo hacking a ‘sex crime’

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 11:25 amTuesday, October 7, 201479 Comments

It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime…

Hacked celebs’ lawyers threaten to sue Google for failing to remove nude photos and videos

Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:54 am20 Comments

Lawyers for the female celebrities whose nude or private images…

Apple knew of iCloud ‘brute-force’ attack issue 6 months before nude celebrity photo leak, security researcher claims

Thursday, September 25, 2014 5:01 pm15 Comments

The theft of the photographs was not the result of ‘any breach in any of Apple’s systems including iCloud or Find my iPhone…

Apple’s iCloud security nightmare gets worse as more nude celebrity pics leak

Sunday, September 21, 2014 2:42 pmSunday, September 21, 201475 Comments

If you thought that the hugely successful iPhone 6 launch…

5 million Google Gmail usernames and passwords leaked to Russian Bitcoin forum

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:51 pmWednesday, September 10, 201430 Comments

Nearly 5 million usernames and passwords appear to have been published…

Since the celebrity nude iCloud hacks, one third of Americans have improved their online security

Monday, September 8, 2014 12:15 pm14 Comments

Many Americans have taken steps to beef-up their online security in response to the iCloud hacks…

Taking a naked selfie? Your phone should step in to protect you

Friday, September 5, 2014 9:32 am38 Comments

What should smartphone makers do about nude selfies?

Tim Cook: Apple will broaden its use of two-factor authentication

Friday, September 5, 2014 8:24 amFriday, September 5, 20148 Comments

Apple will broaden its use of two-factor authentication…

Creator of iCloud hacker tool: I would have warned Apple if they properly rewarded researchers

Thursday, September 4, 2014 5:02 pmThursday, September 4, 201448 Comments

A bug bounty program might have saved Apple a lot of pain…

Whether it’s nude photos in the cloud or mobile payments, securing data is up to you

Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:02 pmThursday, September 4, 201412 Comments

The 4chan leak of nude celebrity photos, allegedly stolen…

Regardless, it’s always about Apple; Celebrity nude leak really a massive anti-Apple FUD campaign?

Thursday, September 4, 2014 11:50 amThursday, September 4, 201439 Comments

iCloud the focus of a massive, orchestrated FUD campaign just before Apple announces…

Nude celebrity photo hack clouds Apple’s special event on September 9th

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 6:46 pm61 Comments

Nude photos of Hollywood celebrities, including Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence…

Apple denies iCloud breach

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:29 pm12 Comments

One week before Apple Inc. plans to show off its new iPhone…

Eva Longoria claims Apple Retail Store employees breached privacy policy by contacting her directly

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 2:26 pmWednesday, September 3, 201438 Comments

In the wake of the celeb hacking scandal, Eva Longoria has claimed…

How easy is it to crack into an Apple iCloud account? We tried to find out

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 1:55 pmWednesday, September 3, 201416 Comments

To see how difficult it is to crack someone’s account, we’re going to try and access…

The police tool that hackers use to steal nude photos from Apple’s iCloud

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 1:21 pm24 Comments

As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend…

Apple would benefit from being more transparent about security

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 12:50 pmWednesday, September 3, 20148 Comments

Apple should get out of the business of handing their adversaries the weapons of mass FUD…

Celeb nudes: Comprehensive review of forum posts reveals no mention of ‘Find My iPhone’ brute force technique

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 8:13 pmTuesday, September 2, 201415 Comments

A number of personal and private nude images from high profile celebrities…

Apple’s iCloud is secure; weak passwords and gullible users are not

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 6:01 pmTuesday, September 2, 201445 Comments

The week before a crucial launch of its new iPhone, Apple Inc…

Apple: No iCloud breach in celebrity nude photos leak

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 2:38 pmTuesday, September 2, 201446 Comments

When we learned of the theft, we were outraged and immediately mobilized Apple’s engineers…

FBI, Apple investigating alleged iCloud hack of celebrity nude, sex photos and videos

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:27 amTuesday, September 2, 201439 Comments

Bad, bad, bad optics. In fact, it’s tough to imagine worse optics for Apple…

Celebrity or not, Apple isn’t responsible for your nude photos

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 8:37 amTuesday, September 2, 201445 Comments

What do you do if you’re a celebrity and nude pictures…

Apple ‘actively investigating’ Jennifer Lawrence, other nude celebrity photos hack

Monday, September 1, 2014 7:21 pm62 Comments

Apple said Monday it was ‘actively investigating’ the violation of several of its iCloud accounts…

Spoof ad claims Apple’s new iOS 7 makes iPhones waterproof

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 11:09 amTuesday, September 24, 20138 Comments

Under the highly-questionable headline…

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