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Hack Tool Authors Deny Link To Celeb Photo Leaks

ID: 950c8cee-e232-52d6-89fa-71348827e60f

STIX ID: report--950c8cee-e232-52d6-89fa-71348827e60f

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2014-09-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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The article describes a large-scale privacy breach in which private photographs of multiple celebrities were leaked after attackers gained access to iCloud accounts. Early attention focused on a brute-force vulnerability in Apple’s FindMyiPhone (and the publication of an iBrute tool), though tool authors denied involvement; Apple patched the login-rate limitation flaw and the FBI has opened an investigation.

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