When sensitive photos of celebrities were stolen by hackers from various iCloud accounts and posted online, everyone knew that major security changes will be adopted soon and Apple has just made one recently.
All iCloud users will now receive email notifications. This is all part of Apple’s recent upgrade for iCloud which focuses primarily on security. The company’s chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Cook announced the upgrade officially a week after an online photo dump of more than 100 women, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
During an interview, Cook claimed the upgrade would be launched in the next few weeks but with the recent security flaw Apple will likely do it much sooner. The notifications are supposed to act as a warning to users who would be alerted to account infiltrations. These emails are only sent once the first time an account logs into a device. This hopefully means Apple users won’t be plagued with lots of email notifications.
There will be similar notifications sent when iCloud is restored and when password changes.
The iPhone maker is also expected to upgrade security with iOS 8. This means similar notifications could be sent for restores and passwords after the system rolled out. The iCloud is a key service for Apple users as it allows them to store important files like pictures.
The hack job a few days ago exploited works by learning which online services the target uses, and then compiling as much data on them as possible before using that data to either spoof access, or to simply use their email address and a guessed password to log in to their account.
Daily Mail's James Nye found the alleged hacker's comment on an anonIB thread early on 1 September 2014. In the comment, the hacker thanked the community for its support and added that they were on the run. He also disclosed that they will be moving to a new location where they would continue to post about the hacked photos and videos.
All iCloud users will now receive email notifications. This is all part of Apple’s recent upgrade for iCloud which focuses primarily on security. The company’s chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Cook announced the upgrade officially a week after an online photo dump of more than 100 women, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
During an interview, Cook claimed the upgrade would be launched in the next few weeks but with the recent security flaw Apple will likely do it much sooner. The notifications are supposed to act as a warning to users who would be alerted to account infiltrations. These emails are only sent once the first time an account logs into a device. This hopefully means Apple users won’t be plagued with lots of email notifications.
There will be similar notifications sent when iCloud is restored and when password changes.
The iPhone maker is also expected to upgrade security with iOS 8. This means similar notifications could be sent for restores and passwords after the system rolled out. The iCloud is a key service for Apple users as it allows them to store important files like pictures.
The hack job a few days ago exploited works by learning which online services the target uses, and then compiling as much data on them as possible before using that data to either spoof access, or to simply use their email address and a guessed password to log in to their account.
Daily Mail's James Nye found the alleged hacker's comment on an anonIB thread early on 1 September 2014. In the comment, the hacker thanked the community for its support and added that they were on the run. He also disclosed that they will be moving to a new location where they would continue to post about the hacked photos and videos.
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