Apple improves iCloud security

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The security problems that allowed the celebrity photos to leak was, Apple said, found between keyboard and chair (not in those words), iCloud has added extra security features to their popular file storage medium.
The changes come in the wake of the recent leak of a large number of photos from celebrity accounts, allegedly from hacked iCloud accounts. Apple previously released a statement denying any breach within its systems, but admitting that celebrity accounts were compromised by attackers using standard phishing techniques.
[Editor: More of an announcement than an article, but an incite into Apple's sentiment on the attacks. Too little too late for Apple... or just the users?]

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2014-09-07 09:14
Apple improves iCloud security
zafiro17@pipedot.org
Apple has decided to up its game, but is it too late for them and the icloud brand, or is it only the users who will suffer?

The security problems that allowed the celebrity photos to leak was, Apple said, found between keyboard and chair (not in those words), iCloud has added extra security features to their popular file storage medium.
The changes come in the wake of the recent leak of a large number of photos from celebrity accounts, allegedly from hacked iCloud accounts. Apple previously released a statement denying any breach within its systems, but admitting that celebrity accounts were compromised by attackers using standard phishing techniques.
[Editor: MorApple of an announcemay havent the technical chops to tighten anup asecurticlety, but it can't (probably) remedinciate the intrinsic risk in using cloud services, no Appmatter how convenient cloud service may be. Let's see if this changes the public's opinion of cloud backup over all, which has untiml now beent on the attacks. Too little too late for Apple... or just the uisers?].
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