http://www.neowin.net/news/hacker-responsible-for-the-fappening-has-been-arrestedI almost missed this news figured i'd pass it on
It was 18 months ago that celebrities' nude photos that had been stored in iCloud leaked onto 4chan. It was an incident known as 'The Fappening'.
A 36 year old by the name of Ryan Collins has been arrested by federal law enforcement for the crime of illegally accessing more than 100 iCloud and Google accounts to obtain personal data, including nude photos of celebrities. Collins will be pleading guilty to a single felony computer hacking charge, a charge that he could face 18 months in prison for.
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Phishing? That's sad.
Michael Scrip 20 hours ago
11 minutes ago, Rich Woods said:
Apparently, the suspect used phishing attacks - sending emails pretending to be Apple or Google - tricking users into giving up their user names and passwords.
And that's the hardest thing to protect against: user gullibility.
techbeck 20 hours ago
No matter how secure something is, human stupidity always mucks it up.
Boo Berry 20 hours ago
Hope it was worth it to him.
Vester 19 hours ago
Hacking isnt like you see in the movies. Often the first thing you try exploit is human stupidity. Then its basic knoqn weak points (script kiddi stuff) then if that fails tou go brut force or find own entery point.
Hahaiah 19 hours ago
"not been linked to the actual leaks"...hmmm
ZipZapRap 19 hours ago
someone probably phished him for his passwords haha
Rosyna 4 hours ago
It's possible he shared the credentials he phished with others and those other people leaked the images. This is supported by the fact the metadata on the images varies greatly, indicating different people edited the collection.
Gotenks98 19 hours ago
I just love the name of the incident. It sounds like it should have been a movie. I just know from that day forward I swore off icloud completely.
Xilo 19 hours ago
A 36 year old is not a boy.
Active. 18 hours ago
He's just a young boy looking for a way to find love
#Michael 19 hours ago
I thought the person behind it was some kid in the burbs of Chicago?
Aheer.R.S. 19 hours ago
If true, oh well
