Publication Deadline reports that another hacker as a suspect in the leak of Nude pictures of stars, which occurred in September 2014, pleaded guilty. 28-year-old Chicago resident Edward Mercik charged that he received access to more than 300 accounts Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts, including those that belong to celebrities.
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Scandal photos of naked stars continued
The names of the victims from the actions of Edward Maerchaka not disclosed, but we know that it threatens till five years of imprisonment. Just a month before this event admitted guilt of another defendant in the case hacker Ryan Collins. According to the investigation, to steal passwords, it resorted to social engineering theft of passwords by replacing letters. The victim received a fake email from Google or Apple to confirm the previously established password, and after clicking on the proposed link, the user is redirected to a fake website.
A report about the leak of photographs of stars of the program “Vesti”
September 1, 2014 has been a massive leak of intimate photos of Hollywood stars. Among the victims were Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten dunst, Kate Upton, Scarlett Johansson, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne, Wynona Ryder, Victoria justice, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and others.
Jennifer Lawrence, more than 50 intimate photos which were posted by hackers on the Network in early October 2014 gave a comment regarding this incident to Vanity Fair magazine:When the photos appeared on the Internet, I was frightened – I was terrified to realize that we live in such a world. Yes, I’m a public personality – actress, but that doesn’t give you the right to look at my naked body without my permission. I tried to write an official statement, but every such attempt ended in tears. Some advised me to apologize, but I did not understand for what. The pictures were taken during the relationship with my boyfriend, with whom much time we spent away from each other. This is not just a scandal, this is a sex crime. Need to change existing laws so we can be sure that we are safe.”
Earlier in the Network appeared rumors that the leaked passwords are to blame corporate giants Google and Apple – supposedly their “cloud services” that can store user information on the Internet is poorly protected. According to the statements of the CEO of Apple – Tim cook, automatic selection of passwords is not used, the leak of users ‘ passwords also were found.
