Apple Fixes Bug That May Have Led to Mass Celebrity Nude Photos Leak

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(Editor’s Note: Apple has denied that iCloud or Find My iPhone are at fault for the celebrity nude photos leak.)

Apple (AAPL) has fixed a bug that allowed hackers to leak nude pictures of celebrities.

apple-bug-celebrity-nude-photos-leakThe Apple bug, referred to as “ibrute”, allowed hackers to break into iCloud accounts and steal private pictures of celebrities. The bug was found on the Find My iPhone software. The problem is that the software didn’t stop people from trying to guess passwords multiple times. Other software and websites have protection that block users after so many attempt to guess passwords, reports USA Today.

The ibrute hack would’ve required access to celebrity email account. However, it’s possible that only a single account was needed and that other celebrity email accounts were discovered from a single hacked account. The ibrute bug was reported as fixed on Monday, USA Today notes.

The leaked images of celebrities were posted to 4Chan’s /b/ board. 4Chan is an image sharing website. There are currently over 100 celebrities that hackers claim to have media of from iCoud hack.

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