'RipSec' Goes To Hollywood: How the iCloud Celeb Hack Happened

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 25, 2015 @03:08AM from the here's-how-we-did-it dept.

mask.of.sanity writes: The chief hacker behind the infamous iCloud celebrity hacks has revealed in a documentary how the group dubbed RipSec shook Hollywood by plundering thousands of naked photos and financial data of Tinsel Town icons. The film maker gained access to RipSec using a photoshopped naked image of major TV star who offered access to her iCloud account. "I contacted some of the celebrities and she gave me access to her account," Doering says. "From there I baited them (the hackers)."

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Re:Summary Confusion by Anonymous Coward · 2015-09-25 03:35 · Score: 2, Funny

Perhaps your hosts file blocked something in the summary.
I dunno... by Thud457 · 2015-09-25 05:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Let's see the birth certificate.

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