Remember that iCloud hack that resulted in the nudie pix of various celebrities being leaked to the world? Well, the FBI apparently has hit the home of a Chicago man and taken all his computers as part of the investigation. Here’s what Gawker had to say:
A recently unsealed federal search warrant and related affidavit pertaining to the FBI’s investigation into the iCloud hacker ring shows the investigation moving offline. On October 15th, 2014, federal agents entered the neat, modest brick home of Emilio Herrera on the South Side of Chicago. According to a sworn affidavit by Special Agent Josh Sedowsky of the FBI’s Cybercrimes Unit, someone in this house had been on an iCloud hacking spree.
“Based on victim account records obtained from Apple,” Sedowsky wrote, “one or more computers used at [Herrera’s house] access or attempted to access without authorization multiple celebrities’ e-mail and iCloud accounts over the course of several months.”
Now, here’s the part that has me floored:
Herrera’s alleged iCloud cracking went way beyond that narrow list of celebs: between May 31, 2013, and August 31, 2014, his IP address “was used to access approximately 572 unique iCloud accounts,” and “in total, the unique iCloud accounts were accessed 3,263 times.”
Really? He didn’t hide his own IP address? Folks, he isn’t some sort of hacking mastermind. He’s a low grade script kiddie. Of course that assumes that he’s the responsible party as he hasn’t been charged with anything. Yet. Stay tuned to this space to see if he does get charged.
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FBI Nabs Chicago Man’s Computers In Relation To Epic iCloud Hack
Remember that iCloud hack that resulted in the nudie pix of various celebrities being leaked to the world? Well, the FBI apparently has hit the home of a Chicago man and taken all his computers as part of the investigation. Here’s what Gawker had to say:
A recently unsealed federal search warrant and related affidavit pertaining to the FBI’s investigation into the iCloud hacker ring shows the investigation moving offline. On October 15th, 2014, federal agents entered the neat, modest brick home of Emilio Herrera on the South Side of Chicago. According to a sworn affidavit by Special Agent Josh Sedowsky of the FBI’s Cybercrimes Unit, someone in this house had been on an iCloud hacking spree.
“Based on victim account records obtained from Apple,” Sedowsky wrote, “one or more computers used at [Herrera’s house] access or attempted to access without authorization multiple celebrities’ e-mail and iCloud accounts over the course of several months.”
Now, here’s the part that has me floored:
Herrera’s alleged iCloud cracking went way beyond that narrow list of celebs: between May 31, 2013, and August 31, 2014, his IP address “was used to access approximately 572 unique iCloud accounts,” and “in total, the unique iCloud accounts were accessed 3,263 times.”
Really? He didn’t hide his own IP address? Folks, he isn’t some sort of hacking mastermind. He’s a low grade script kiddie. Of course that assumes that he’s the responsible party as he hasn’t been charged with anything. Yet. Stay tuned to this space to see if he does get charged.
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