We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of
photos of certain celebrities. When we learned of the theft, we were
outraged and immediately mobilized Apple’s engineers to discover the
source. Our customers’ privacy and security are of utmost importance to
us. After more than 40 hours of investigation, we have discovered that
certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on
user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that has become
all too common on the Internet. None of the cases we have investigated
has resulted from any breach in any of Apple’s systems including iCloud®
or Find my iPhone. We are continuing to work with law enforcement to
help identify the criminals involved.
To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always
use a strong password and enable two-step verification. Both of these
are addressed on our website at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4232.
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