News : 'Cloud' concerns after celebrity picture leaks.

[Anonymous]

Headline : 'Cloud' concerns after celebrity picture leaks.

"Experts have raised concerns over the security of "cloud" storage sites following the leak of intimate pictures of celebrities.

It is understood some of the images were obtained from services such as Apple iCloud that back up content from devices on to the internet.

Apple is understood to be looking into the issue."



My thoughts :

I understand most things are not secure ,and I use Apples iCloud and DropBox. Let's see how this pans out !

Do you use cloud vaults etc ?

Source : BBC News.
Read more here : http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29011850

More here from idownloadblog http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/09/01/icloud-hacking-patched-find-my-iphone/

[Anonymous]

Not entirely related as this is down to cloud services being insecure rather  than actual phones, but I found it funny all the same. The Head of Marketing at BlackBerry should use this:

 

[Anonymous]

Issue is papadug you have to first find a blackberry phone to take photos on. 😞

[MI5]

Clever

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Issue is papadug you have to first find a blackberry phone to take photos on. 😞

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Probably why the BlackBerry in the pic is on Vodafone

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
Issue is papadug you have to first find a blackberry phone to take photos on. 😞

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Probably why the BlackBerry in the pic is on Vodafone

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Well there is that of course

[Anonymous]

Nothing is secure nowadays...most of our devices can be hacked even Blackberry...

We have to be responsible of our own privacy and obviously companies have to protect us, as the police protects citizens. But if in your real life you won't open the door to a stranger or leave your things unattended, why do that on your virtual life?

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

...most of our devices can be hacked even Blackberry...

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Do you have a source?

The problem is that it is the companies that we trust to protect our data and information that need to do more to protect what we give them to store. There have been far too many hacks, leaks and breaches from insecure cloud systems, software and storage.

As I already mentioned, it also needs to be tougher to carry out social engineering on these types of account. There is no point in enforcing a complex password if all someone else needs to know is my mothers maiden name and my date of birth so that they can reset that password!

[Anonymous]

Totally agree with you, I think companies (including Blackberry) are already investing a lot  to improve on how to protect our data and information. Sorry about my post before, but I meant all devices in general.

[Anonymous]

Haha no need to apologise, I just thought you had news that hadn't broken yet that BlackBerry 10 had actually been hacked (which it hasn't to date)!

 Its the vendors of online storage in this instance that need to improve on how they protect our data and information, rather than the phone manufacturers. This isn't the first case of a vulnerability in the process of accessing users data stored in the "cloud".

It also isn;t restricted to Apple or Android devices as BlackBerry 10 also had integration with Dropbox pictures can be automatically saved to the cloud if the option is selected.

However I have done some digging on this today and it does seem that iCloud is rather easy to gain access to. I'm not going to name the process or any websites but the information is out there.

[Anonymous]

I don't use cloud storage myself so it doesn't worry me that's why I have to have a phone with a big memory card