Rebecca Rose writes: A gallery in Florida is planning to stage an exhibit featuring nude images stolen from women including Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Lawrence. Oh, you thought that horrible charity drive was the worst, most misguided decision to come out of the celeb photo leak? Nope, not by a long shot. An artist who goes by the…
Category: Breaches
We’d All Benefit if Celebs Sue Apple Over the Photo Hack
Issie Lapowsky reports: David Vladeck believes Apple will likely be sued after hackers grabbed nude photos that celebrities stored on the company’s iCloud service. Vladeck, the former director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and a professor of law at Georgetown University, acknowledges that such suits have had little success in the past, but…
Private investigators charged with ‘blagging’ personal data
Elaine Edwards reports on a breach case I previously noted on DataBreaches.net: Two private investigators have appeared in court charged with allegedly ‘blagging’ personal information on a number of individuals from both the Department of Social Protection and the HSE nd with passing it to credit unions. Margaret Stuart (56) and Wendy Martin< (45), both directors of MCK…
Celebrity nude pics hacking turns into child porn case over Maroney pictures
Charles Arthur reports: Investigations into the targeted hacking of celebrities’ iPhone accounts have turned into a child abuse case after it emerged that the US Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, one of the alleged victims, was under 18 at the time some nude photos were taken. Under US and other laws, it is illegal to own…