The nudes were in full swing on Twitter this past Labor Day weekend after a hacker allegedly broke through several notable celebs’ iCloud accounts and leaked a mix of NSFW and SFW flicks of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, Victoria Justice and more. Now, Apple has broken its silence, after more than a day’s worth of investigating, and had this to say in a statement issued Tuesday (Sept. 2): 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. While Siri could have told us that sort of thing, a few of the nude pic victims including Mary E. Winstead have addressed the matter on Twitter, while others like Victoria Justice are taking it to court.
To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.
— Mary E. Winstead (@M_E_Winstead) August 31, 2014
Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked.
— Mary E. Winstead (@M_E_Winstead) August 31, 2014
Shortly after I tweeted about certain pics of me being fake, I was faced with a serious violation of (cont) http://t.co/Z8iRJ64eV0
— Victoria Justice (@VictoriaJustice) September 2, 2014