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Aug 31, 2014 · A leak that started as the latest round of personal pictures hacked from celebrities' phones turned into a vast invasion of the privacy of actress Jennifer Lawrence and a handful of others — and a kind of festival on Reddit, 4chan, and other online spaces — with continued releases of pictures and video purporting to be taken from stars including Lawrence, Kate Upton, Lea Michele, and more.
- Buzzfeed News Reporter
- Here's How Your Favorite Celebrities Got Hacked
- Celebgate: One of The Worst Celebrity Hacks of All Time
- Hackers breached iCloud, Apple’s Cloud Storage Service
- The North Korea Sony Hack
- The News of The World Scandal
- Even Mark Zuckerberg and Other Tech CEOs Got Hacked
- The Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks Law Firm Hack
- The Bitcoin Twitter Highjacking of Obama, Kanye, and More
- Don't Make The Same Security Mistakes as These Celebrities
For one, cyber attacks aren’t limited to the rich and famous. You may think an account takeover or the release of private photos could never happen to you. But the same scams, frauds, and hacks used to target the private data of high-profile celebrities are used against regular people like you and me every single day. So what can we learn from the ...
CelebGatewas one of the worst celebrity hackings in recent history. Using a coordinated attack, cybercriminals stole and leaked over 500 sensitive and private photos from nearly 100 famous young women between 2014 and 2017. The list of film and pop stars affected by this hacking scandal (and others like it) includes: 1. Amanda Seyfried 2. Amber Hea...
With the majority of celebrities using iPhones and other Apple devices, hackers went looking for vulnerabilities in Apple's cloud storage system. What they found was that iPhones, iPads, and laptops automatically backup photos and videos to their users' iCloud accounts. To access those accounts requires an Apple ID and password. So how did hackers ...
One of the earliest celebrity hacks happened to Sony Pictures Entertainmentin 2014. After producing a satirical movie about Kim Jong-un called The Interview, a North Korean hacking collective known as the Guardians of Peace breached the Sony studio servers. During the security breach, cybercriminals stole and leaked employee addresses, telephone nu...
The News of The Worldwas a British tabloid infamously known for its salacious headlines and celebrity gossip. Where did this insider information come from? Apparently, it came from hacking the phones of multiple celebrities. Actor Hugh Grant filed over 170 phone hacking complaints against the tabloid. Sienna Miller and Jude Law were also victims. T...
You’d think the creator and CEO of Facebook would be savvy about passwords and cybersecurity. But Mark Zuckerberg was hackedby the cybercriminal collective known as OurMine. The hackers learned Zuckerberg used the same password — “dadada” — for both his Twitter and Pinterest accounts. This same hacker group previously stole 117 million LinkedIn pas...
New York law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sackswas attacked by the REvil hacking group in 2020. The data breach exposed 756 gigabytes of private information and legal actions related to these celebs: 1. Robert DeNiro 2. Elton John 3. LeBron James 4. Lady Gaga 5. Madonna 6. Mariah Carey 7. Drake 8. Bruce Springsteen 9. Nicki Minaj Since the breach,...
During July of 2020, a massive cyberattack targeted and hijacked 130 celebrity Twitter accounts. Once they got access to their Twitter accounts, the hackers sent out tweets such as, “If you send me $1,000 in Bitcoin, I’ll send you $2,000.” Unsuspecting followers clicked the links in the tweets and made the transactions, but never received any money...
Just because these hacking cases happened to celebrities doesn’t mean they can’t happen to you or someone in your family. Luckily, in most cases, these embarrassing situations are entirely preventable. Basic security mistakes like reusing weak passwords and falling for phishing scams are all it takes to destroy your reputation. So what would happen...
- Gaetano Dinardi
To do so, go to Settings > iCloud on your iOS device and disable the unnecessary services. Then, sign into iCloud.com and delete any previously-uploaded Photo Streams. 3. Consider using fake ...
2014 celebrity nude photo leak. On August 31, 2014, a collection of nearly five hundred private pictures of various celebrities, mostly women, with many containing nudity, were posted on the imageboard 4chan, and swiftly disseminated by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit. The leak was dubbed " The Fappening ...
Sep 2, 2014 · The FBI and Apple have both confirmed they're investigating an alleged iCloud hack that over the weekend saw private and in many cases highly personal photos and videos of A-list celebrities ...
Sep 1, 2014 · Updated August 31, 2014. More than 100 celebrities hacked, nude photos leaked. Update: The FBI has issued a statement on the matter. Celebrities including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence were the ...
Sep 1, 2014 · A hacker dropped dozens of nude images of the Oscar-winning actress and other stars online. The leak appears to have originated on 4chan and quickly made the rounds on Reddit, Twitter, Imgur, and ...
