It appears Jennifer Lawrence's nude pictures got hacked (iCloud related- big hack)

[LittleBlue]

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Note to mods: this isn't really run-of-the-mill celeb news. If it turns out to be true, it's one of the most notorious instances of hacking in history. I decided to put this here because if true, this is pretty huge.

Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Kate Upton, More Celebs Have Alleged Nude Photos Leak In Massive Hack

The leak has been traced back [4chan]. The photos have not yet been authenticated. posted on Aug. 31, 2014, at 2:12 p.m.

A massive leak of nude and risque photos of huge stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Kirsten Dunst, and Kate Upton leaked online today, first appearing on the /b/ thread on 4chan.

The pictures allegedly were retrieved due to an iCloud leak that allowed celebrities’ phones to be hacked, and were posted on 4chan in an attempt to earn bitcoins.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/jennifer-lawrence-ariana-grande-picture-leak?bftw=main
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2014/08/jennifer-lawrence-nude-photos-leak-online/


Seems to be confirmed 100% real.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2739215/Jennifer-Lawrence-victim-hacker-leaks-slew-graphic-nude-photos-Oscar-winning-actress.html

Whoever did this is going to prison for... uh forever.

PSA: Watch out if you use iCloud. You may have been hacked. Get any photos you don't want people to see off iCloud until Apple can figure out what happened and fix the vulnerability.

Apologies if this turns out to be a hoax, but I thought you should know in case iCloud has indeed been hacked.

[davidn3600]

1. In the digital age....nothing is private anymore

If you take digital pictures and send them through email, text, iCloud, twitter, facebook, internet chats, or anything like that... they can be easily acquired by hackers. And once a picture is set loose on the internet, it's impossible to destroy.

The best piece of advice is when you send a photo through an electronic device....assume it can be seen by everyone.

[NaturalHigh]

2. This is why I've never used "the cloud."

I always assumed it's not secure.

[NightWatcher]

3. You'll never see my nekkid pics leaked online

Because there are not any in existence.

If you must do nudes, might I suggest Polaroids.

[sharp_stick]

4. 4chan is the true asshole

of the internet. Take anything you find in that den of morons with a massive truckload of salt.

[LeftyMom]

7. So women were victimized and you've looked at their stolen property and are publicizing it on DU?

[LittleBlue]

12. It's everywhere outside DU

You can't escape it on any forum right now. Twitter, celeb sites, forums, doesn't matter. Type in "hack" on twitter and it's nude photos one after another. I haven't shown any nude photos on here out of respect for those who got hacked.

It's the biggest scandal since the British tabloids hacked that missing person's phone.

[LeftyMom]

14. Then go post there! We don't want this shit.

[Brickbat]

18. "It's the biggest scandal since the British tabloids hacked that missing person's phone."

ROFLMAO.

[joshcryer]

35. The magnitude will be realized tomorrow.

This is the biggest media privacy violation scandal in history.

[Brickbat]

9. WTF is wrong with you?

[NuclearDem]

13. Why? Just why?

Please self-delete that.

[Blue_Tires]

22. This sums up their mindset perfectly:

Anonymous (ID: JEvyQLDs) 08/31/14(Sun)18:45:36 No.565889743 [Reply]▶>>565891047

*****ATTENTION ALL WHITE KNIGHTS AND SJWs*****

Yes, private pictures of all these celebrities were released to the public. And yes, it is those celebrities' faults. Countless numbers of phone hacks and leaked pictures have plagued the world of A-list actresses before this event. It should be common knowledge by now NOT to keep nude pictures of yourself on file. Any female celebrity that does this is a whore begging for attention, and they deserve exactly what has just happened.

Today has been a great victory for my dick.

+22 posts and 4 image replies omitted. Click here to view.

[rocktivity]

27. So we've gone from "it wouldn't have happened if she hadn't dressed that way"

to "it wouldn't have happened if she hadn't UNdressed online that way..."


rocktivity

[Blue_Tires]

28. I also fail to understand how that bunch is so vehemently against

invasions of privacy by the NSA, but have the nerve to be unrepentantly *proud* about bullshit stunts like this...

[Chan790]

32. Hypocrisy, thy name is 4chan.

In case you missed it, this is the same group of assholes that had a countdown clock until the girl that starred in an Icelandic children's show turned 14 because that's the sexual age of majority in Iceland. They then celebrated her 14th birthday with "she's legal now" gifs.

Were you expecting human decency from them?

[Iggo]

5. Ah-ha! I was right! It turns out she IS naked under her clothes!

:yawn:

[tblue37]

8. I cannot understand how anyone can assume any picture they post online is truly private.

A good rule of thumb is any picture you post could be seen by anyone in the world--if not now, then eventually. And in the meantime, it is pretty much certain that NSA employees and contractors are viewing and collecting any risqué photos they find.

[NightWatcher]

10. not only with photos, but everything online is apparently available to hackers

Bank info, personal info, business correspondence.....

[surrealAmerican]

24. Neither can I, but ...

... storing files on the cloud is not posting them online. The cloud is off site storage that is intended to be accessed only by the person who uploads the files.

[tblue37]

25. Well, it still is about as safe as posting something online with "privacy" settings.

I always just assume that anything that could be hacked will be hacked.

[conservaphobe]

11. Not the website to admit you know anything about it.

(obligatory expression of disgust)

[lovemydog]

15. I think a lot of folks, including celebrities and movie studios,

enjoy the publicity. Even when their public relations people (paid liars, for the most part) act all shocked and pissed off.

[LeftyMom]

16. I think that's a self-serving excuse to deny women their consent.

If an actress wants you to see her naked she'll take a role with a nude scene, or do a magazine layout and she'll make some money for it. If some dickbag hacks her phone that's not an invitation to disregard her control over her own body and her own image.

Disgusting.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I hope you are being sarcastic and just forgot the tag with that statement.

[rocktivity]

19. Upon being informed that Elvis Presley had died

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one Hollywood executive allegedly said, "GREAT career move!"

That list of names that was hidden is SUSPICIOUSLY long. To find the culprits, the victims may not have to look any farther than their own publicity machines.


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[NightWatcher]

21. So it'd be a good PR move if a female celeb were raped and there was a drawn out rape trial

with all kinds of details being brought up? It'd keep her name in the news for a few weeks and that's publicity that she'd enjoy?

That's sick, lovemydog.

[HERVEPA]

26. Extrapolate much?

[alp227]

34. Not much, considering this big word: CONSENT.

Whether a person wants to display said person's own sexuality is the person's choice, only. Including nudity. End of story and discussion.

[joshcryer]

23. This is what Snowden meant about nudes.

If it's on the cloud it's not secure.

[rocktivity]

30. "If it's not on your hard drive, it can be hacked"

has always been my rule of thumb, and the reason why I've kept a distance from cloud computing and even online backups. Of course, that's not to say that your hard drive can't be hacked, especially while you're online...


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[joshcryer]

36. And even then encrypt.

I got ransomware a few years ago but fortunately was savvy enough to catch it before it went after my files.

[rocktivity]

31. After downloading the latest Adobe Flash player

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I was invited to join their Photoshop/Lightroom graphics processing cloud for $9.99 a month. I thought, "Ten minutes ago, you would have had a chance. But 'cloud computing' has officially become a four-letter word in my book."


rocktivity

[PoliticAverse]

33. From Dec 2012: Christopher Chaney sentenced to 10 years in jail for hacking

Christopher Chaney sentenced to 10 years in jail for hacking into personal online accounts of celebs Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera

LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge on Monday sentenced a man who hacked into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and other women to 10 years in prison.

U.S. District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Christopher Chaney in Los Angeles after hearing from a tearful Johansson in a videotaped statement..

The biggest spectacle in the case was the revelation that nude photos taken by Johansson herself and meant for her then-husband Ryan Reynolds were placed on the Internet.

Read the whole article at: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/hollywood-hacker-10-years-jail-article-1.1222151

[RagAss]

37. Once again...the latest "cutting edge" technology - takes a shit.

Store you life on the cloud....What could possibly go wrong ?

[jakeXT]

38. I hope it's the nail in the coffin for the cloud

When iCloud is enabled, the back-up happens automatically whenever a photo is taken.

Winstead's claim that she had long since deleted the images from her personal electronic device adds weight to the idea that the images were taken from a cloud-based back-up service rather than directly from her device.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/actor-mary-elizabeth-winsteads-private-moment-with-her-husband-exposed-online-to-the-world-20140901-10aw9p.html

[AngryAmish]

40. yeah, clicking on that is a terrible idea

I don't know about you 4channers, but we have morals around here!

[RiffRandell]

41. This thread has almost 11000 views.

Evidently several people found it of interest.

[PoliticAverse]

42. Followup: This could be the iCloud flaw that led to celebrity photos being leaked

(Summary: An oversight allowed unlimited automated password guessing)

See: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2014/09/01/this-could-be-the-apple-icloud-flaw-that-led-to-celebrity-photos-being-leaked/

Additional article:
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/09/01/icloud-password-hacking-tool-published-blocked-amidst-celebrity/