Le groupe informatique américain Apple a
confirmé mardi une cyberattaque ciblée contre les comptes de plusieurs
stars américaines, dont des photos dénudées se sont retrouvées sur
internet, mais affirme que la sécurité de ses systèmes n'est pas en
cause.
Dozens of stars were expressing their outrage since Monday, while some of the photos circulating on the web.
If the actress Kirsten Dunst, hit by the giant leak of stolen photos, reacted with humor by a simple "Thank iCloud" on Twitter, other celebrities denounced extensive sexual assault.
"Remember that the person who stole these photos and made fuiter is not a hacker but a sex offender" and insisted the actress and producer of the "Girls" series, Lena Dunham, on her own account.
Several American media, hackers have tapped into the servers of online storage service Apple iCloud, but similar services from other operators may also be involved.
"After more than 40 hours of investigation, we discovered that some celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on their usernames, passwords and security questions, become an all too common practice of internet, "said Apple in a statement Tuesday.
However, he added: "None of the cases examined did the result of any flaw in Apple any system, including iCloud or (the system for retrieving a lost or stolen phone) Find my iPhone" also challenged by some experts.
Clearly, the pirates would have proceeded fairly conventional manner, hacking accounts one by one they were interested, but there would have been no large-scale violation of the servers in the group at the apple.
Apple ensures that it continues to cooperate with law enforcement to help identify hackers.
"The protection of personal data and the safety of our customers is of utmost importance to us," he reiterates.
- Easy to use, easy to hack -
The Federal Police (FBI) said to her "conscious charges of computer intrusions and unlawful disclosure of documents concerning personalities" hand and "takes care of the matter."
She gave no further details, but several stars have expressed outrage and threatened to take legal action.
The agent of actress Jennifer Lawrence, who is among the victims, notably spoke "a gross violation of privacy."
As counsel for the model Kate Upton who warned that action would be taken against those who publish the stolen pictures.
Among the alleged victims of hacking also be included according to various media Avril Lavigne, Amber Heard, Scarlett Johansson, Wynona Ryder, Hayden Panettiere, Hilary Duff, Jenny McCarthy, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Bosworth, Keke Palmer and Kim Kardashian.
Faced with threats of lawsuits and public outcry, the Twitter social network began on Sunday evening suspend accounts with links to some of the photos, while several media outlets that had published also have deleted their pages.
According to the gossip site Gawker, users of the platform anonymous photo sharing stolen women AnonIB boast of being the perpetrators of piracy since last week.
Hidden behind pseudonyms, many of them have even tried to sell or trade them with other users.
According to Chris Morales, security expert at NSS Labs, hackers may have accessed the accounts of not only celebrities, but also those of their friends or associates. "Someone really dug," he says.
It is also contemplated that the people who posted the stolen pictures could not be themselves hackers, but it was obtained thereafter.
For him, the practices of Apple security may be challenged, but it applies the same rules as the rest of the sector: the group wants services "easy to use, so it's easy to hack."
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