Large Scale Hack Results in Nude Photes of Celebrities on the Internet

[PRC]

So apparently Apple is saying this is the result of an attack targetting the celebrities in question's actual account login's, not a hack of the storage in general.

In other words, they managed to figure out their username/password by correctly answering or spoofing security questions.

Ooops.

Yes, but apparently the system allowed the hackers to use brute force techniques - try 1000s of passwords until one worked.

This can take minutes to succeed with a weak password. 

Set up a piece of software called a dictionary bot to probe an open IP that accepts incoming remote control requests. 

You still need to login which your bot tries with username "admin" or "administrator" or "root" and for the password, starting with the first "a" word in the dictionary on through to the last "z" word. 

Chances are "muffins" up above was cracked after an hour. 

EDIT: If you have logmein.com or teamviewer or VNC or Microsoft remote desktop installed / enabled... then your router is listening for those remote access requests and certainly being bombarded with access queries.  Strong passwords are the only thing keeping those requests at bay (unless it's a request by the NSA... they have a backdoor apparently).

[CountDeMoney]

We always appreciated the Linux team that would always set up test accounts with the user name as "User Name" and the password as "Password" on a Friday and then forget about it until the damage was done by Monday.

[PRC]

We always appreciated the Linux team that would always set up test accounts with the user name as "User Name" and the password as "Password" on a Friday and then forget about it until the damage was done by Monday.

Best passwords:  Think up a random three word phrase that only you will know.  Separate them with a number or wildcard character. 

So for CdM it might be "Baltimore6Asian9Unemployed".  No one is going to crack that.

[Tonitrus]

Still needs at least two special characters. 

[Eddie Teach]

M3S0H0rny#<3Ulongtime

[DontSayBanana]

Why do you want to see old fat people naked?

Really?  I thought you'd be all over the Selena Gomez pics.

[grumbler]

Why do you want to see old fat people naked?

Why are you trying to get people to log on to your pedo sites instead of the standard porn sites?  I'd think you would want to discourage that and encourage people to look at naked normal adults rather than your skinny jailbait.

[derspiess]

Man, some of you are in for it once Meri reads this thread 

[Barrister]

Apparently one of the celebrities who had nude photos on the web was McKayle Maroney, of 2012 London Olympics "pouty face" fame.

Trouble is she only just turned 18, and the nude photos that were hacked and released were when she was under 18.  Which means they were child porn, and anyone who distributed those pics is guilty of distributing child porn.



I hope they nail those pervs to the wall.

[alfred russel]

I hope they nail those pervs to the wall.

Kinky. 

[grumbler]

Apparently one of the celebrities who had nude photos on the web was McKayle Maroney, of 2012 London Olympics "pouty face" fame.

Trouble is she only just turned 18, and the nude photos that were hacked and released were when she was under 18.  Which means they were child porn, and anyone who distributed those pics is guilty of distributing child porn.



I hope they nail those pervs to the wall.

Indeed.  It will be hilarious to see her go to jail for taking pictures of a nude child (if she took the pictures; it it was a boyfriend, he is in even bigger trouble).

[CountDeMoney]

We always appreciated the Linux team that would always set up test accounts with the user name as "User Name" and the password as "Password" on a Friday and then forget about it until the damage was done by Monday.

Best passwords:  Think up a random three word phrase that only you will know.  Separate them with a number or wildcard character. 

So for CdM it might be "Baltimore6Asian9Unemployed".  No one is going to crack that.

Nah, the cool thing I do with my security question answers is that I make them up.

"What is the name of the street you grew up on?"
"123 Cul de Ballsac."

[alfred russel]

Apparently one of the celebrities who had nude photos on the web was McKayle Maroney, of 2012 London Olympics "pouty face" fame.

Trouble is she only just turned 18, and the nude photos that were hacked and released were when she was under 18.  Which means they were child porn, and anyone who distributed those pics is guilty of distributing child porn.



I hope they nail those pervs to the wall.

Actually, why stop at the distributers? What about the downloaders? We could possibly put 10s of millions in jail for years, and add as many to the sex offender registeries. Think how much safer our streets will be. 

[Barrister]

Apparently one of the celebrities who had nude photos on the web was McKayle Maroney, of 2012 London Olympics "pouty face" fame.

Trouble is she only just turned 18, and the nude photos that were hacked and released were when she was under 18.  Which means they were child porn, and anyone who distributed those pics is guilty of distributing child porn.



I hope they nail those pervs to the wall.

Actually, why stop at the distributers? What about the downloaders? We could possibly put 10s of millions in jail for years, and add as many to the sex offender registeries. Think how much safer our streets will be. 

If any of you grabbed any nude pics of McKayla Maroney I'd be formatting your hard drive about now.

[derspiess]

I think we should extend it to anyone who makes posts about nude photos of that girl.  Even safer.