On Monday the FBI announced it was looking into the allegations of nude photos of several celebrities being stolen and then posted online. No further information was given regarding what steps it was taking in the investigation to find out who was responsible. On Monday Apple also announced it was looking to find out if iCloud had been hacked.
The security flaw that allowed brute force attacks on Find My iPhone was posted on Saturday and on Sunday the photos were stolen after an anonymous 4chan hacker or group of hackers took the photos and offered 4chan.org users to view them for a fee. A 4chan user started posting naked images of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and others, shortly after 4 pm on Sunday. Jennifer Lawrence made contact with authorities after images of her appeared. Her publicist, Liz Mahoney, wrote in a statement that “This is a flagrant violation of privacy. The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence.”
A spokesperson for Apple said the company is investigating if any iCloud accounts had been tampered with, but could not give any more information. She said the company takes “user privacy very seriously.”
Actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead confirmed naked photos of her were posted online, and says anyone who looks at them should feel great about themselves (sarcasm). She thought the images had been deleted long ago.
