Rishi Iyengar reports: Around 25 people with apartments listed on the online accommodation-sharing website Airbnb are suing the company to prevent what they claim is a breach of their privacy. Calling themselves “New Yorkers Making Ends Meet in the Sharing Economy,” the group filed a lawsuit against Airbnb in the state supreme court on Tuesday…
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‘Next time it won’t be celebrity secrets,’ warns Democrat on privacy hack
Julian Hattem reports: The release of hundreds of stolen nude and sexually suggestive photos of celebrities could propel Congress to get moving on new legislation to protect people’s data. After pictures of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst and other female stars were posted online this weekend, officials in Congress said that the hack should…
Leaked Nude Images Reveal Celebs’ Location Information
Kashmir Hill reports on something Ashkan Soltani tweeted today: It’s not just nude photos celebs need to worry about — a number of the leaked images reveal their GPS location pic.twitter.com/2MhrqSq4tr — ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) September 2, 2014 Read more on Forbes.
Apple denies iCloud breach in celebrity nude photo hack
Jacob Kastrenakes reports: Apple says that the mass theft of nude celebrity photos that were released over the weekend did not occur because of a breach in any Apple systems, including iCloud. Apple says, however, that certain celebrities were the subject of targeted hacking attempts that focused on compromising their usernames, passwords, and security questions…