FBI investigating theft of Apple and photos on the Internet – Reuters

             

                     
                 

                     

             

 
                     

The American federal police and Apple have opened inquiries to investigate the theft of dozens of photos of celebrities and their publication on the Internet, on Monday.

                 

                     The American company will investigate whether there was even a security breach in the iCloud service, which allows you to store data in “the cloud” (ie on remote computers).

“We take very seriously the privacy our users and we are actively investigating, “said Natalie Kerris, a spokeswoman from Apple.

According to the American press, a user forum 4chan got into the platform iCloud data storage via the mobile phone numbers of celebrities and a flaw in Apple’s service. Although the post have been removed, there were several shares and began to suspend Twitter accounts who shared naked pictures of several celebrities. The AFP adds that similar services can also be been target of hackers .

website The next web claimed that the hackers have identified a fault in iPhone’s location service (which allows you to know where the phone). According to the same site, the error was corrected, but not in time to prevent the news spread through the hacker community.

The FBI also is investigating the case, confirmed the Los Angeles Times a spokeswoman for federal police. Among the alleged victims (alleged, because there are cases in which suspects that the photos released are false) are Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne, Kate Upton and Ariana Grande.

This revives the debate on security on services such as iCloud, DropBox and GoogleDrive.

This is not the first time that celebrities suffer from hacking and publishing intimate photos. In 2012, a man was sentenced to ten years in prison for entering the accounts of over fifty celebrities, including actresses Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis.