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Security News This Week: An Instagram Bug Let Celebrity Private Info Slip – WIRED


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Security News This Week: An Instagram Bug Let Celebrity Private Info Slip
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We also took an in-depth look at how the Android Security team helped fortify the recent Oreo release—and took big steps to help solve the operating system's ongoing fragmentation woes. Of course, there's more, which is why we've rounded up all the

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Hacker who stole celebrity emails, sex videos, movie scripts gets five years in prison

Hacker who stole celebrity emails, sex videos, movie scripts gets five years in prison

Alonzo Knowles was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty in a separate case involving the hacking of female celebrities’ online accounts

Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Nude celebrity photo hacker sentenced to 18 months in prison

Nude celebrity photo hacker sentenced to 18 months in prison

At least 50 celebrity Apple iCloud accounts and 72 Gmail inboxes were broken into by 36-year old Ryan Collins, whose victims included Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Avril Lavigne, Kate Hudson, and Rihanna.

Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Last ‘celebrity’ joins Twitter: Monica Lewinsky

Self-described as a “social activist, public speaker, contributor to Vanity Fair (and) knitter of things without sleeves,” she is in fact best known as the last of the world’s pseudo-celebrities to get around to opening an account on Twitter.

Monica Lewinsky did so a few hours ago and, as of just past lunchtime, had attracted almost 20,000 followers, none of whom appeared to be a former president of the United States or first lady/secretary of state.

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