Candid photos of Jennifer Lawrence and dozens of other celebrities leaked through iCloud

Personal photos of some celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Ariana Grande were posted by an anonymous hacker on 4Chan . Apparently, the leaks were made possible by hacking accounts from Apple iCloud cloud storage, into which information is automatically copied from all Apple devices, which most users do not even think about.

While we are not talking about some kind of global vulnerability in the service, it is possible that the girls were the victims of targeted attacks and each account was compromised separately, and the information was accumulated for a long time.

A spokesman for Jennifer Lawrence made a statement confirming that the photos are genuine:

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead also confirmed the authenticity of the photos:



But Victoria Justice claims that the pictures are fake:


Cheerful commentary from Becky Tobin:


Kirsten Dunst is also not discouraged:

List of actresses, which was published on 4Chan:
Jennifer Lawrence, Aly and AJ Michalka, Aubrey Plaza, Abby Elliott, Avril Lavigne, Amber Heard, Brie Larson, Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevigne, Emily Ratjakski, Farrah Abraham, Gabrielle Union, Hayden Pannettiere, Hope Solo; Kayley Cuoco, Kate Upton; Kate Bosworth; Keke Palmer; Kim Kardashian; Kirsten Dunst; Krysten Ritter; Brie and Dave Franco.


It is possible that the newly developed ibrute tool, based on the Find My Iphone API service vulnerability (currently eliminated ), was used to brute force passwords to appleID. Apple itself has not yet commented on this situation.

In 2011, in Florida, 36-year-old Christopher Cheney was arrested after hacking e-mail accounts of Scarlett Johansson and 49 other celebrities, as a result, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

More recently, Shaltay Boltay activists kidnapped data from two Dmitry Medvedev iPhones, including photos, SMS and application data. Given the limited access to the premier's body, experts agree that this leak also occurred through the Apple iCloud cloud.