Apple moments ago released a press release saying that celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised by targeted attack on user names, passwords, and security questions. To quote the press release:
After more than 40 hours of investigation, we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that has become all too common on the Internet. None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple’s systems including iCloud or Find my iPhone.
In other words, they’re implying that weak passwords were the cause. I’m not at all shocked by that response. Not at all. Though it does have a certain amount of “blame the user” behind it. There’s also this tidbit:
To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password and enable two-step verification. Both of these are addressed on our website at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4232.
I have been advocating this for quite a while now. To help you, I have written an article on creating a strong password as well as using two factor authentication on your iCloud account. I strongly suggest that the iCloud users out there heed this advice.
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BREAKING: Apple Implies Celebs Who Had iCloud Accounts Hacked Had Weak Passwords
Apple moments ago released a press release saying that celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised by targeted attack on user names, passwords, and security questions. To quote the press release:
After more than 40 hours of investigation, we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that has become all too common on the Internet. None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple’s systems including iCloud or Find my iPhone.
In other words, they’re implying that weak passwords were the cause. I’m not at all shocked by that response. Not at all. Though it does have a certain amount of “blame the user” behind it. There’s also this tidbit:
To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password and enable two-step verification. Both of these are addressed on our website at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4232.
I have been advocating this for quite a while now. To help you, I have written an article on creating a strong password as well as using two factor authentication on your iCloud account. I strongly suggest that the iCloud users out there heed this advice.
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