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.
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The ex-lover of a Pasadena teacher has been arrested and bailed, accused of breaking into his school email account and using it to send out “sexually explicit” photos of said teacher to students and fellow staff.
Naked Security – Sophos
News broke this morning of a massive leak of photos and videos, many of which containing images of minors, of users of the service Snapchat, which is designed to delete all content automatically after it’s been viewed by the intended recipients. Some are claiming that more than 200,000 user accounts were affected.
Although not denying the hack involves the photos and videos of its users, Snapchat was quick to deflect responsibility. In a statement provided to VentureBeat, Snapchat confirmed that its servers were not hacked and claimed the leak was the result of a third-party Snapchat client designed to store images, videos, and the user names that correspond with each of them.
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Up sprung the threateningly titled emmayouarenext.com website which featured a clock counting down to the release of apparently stolen photos of Emma Watson. Were there photos? No, it was just a viral marketing stunt.
Naked Security – Sophos