The FBI on Monday joined the investigation into the theft of personal photos of Hollywood celebrities and their subsequent publication in the network. They allegedly were stolen by hackers who exploit the vulnerability in the cloud service iCloud.
"The FBI is aware of reports of cyber attack and illegal publication of materials belonging to celebrities, and working on this issue", - pointed out by the department.
On Sunday, an unknown hacker illegally gained access to the personal archives of stars and put their pictures on the Internet. From cybercriminals suffered actress Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst singer Ariana Grande and others, only about 100 of Hollywood celebrities.
The official representative of the owner of "Oscar" Lawrence confirmed the authenticity of the pictures. "This was a flagrant violation of the right to privacy. We contacted the authorities, and they will pursue anyone who lay in sharing stolen pictures "- he stressed.
The source of the leak, experts believe, has become a cloud service iCloud. According to the channel NBC, Apple has also joined the investigation. "We take user privacy very seriously and actively check the message," - said the representative of the publication Bloomberg.Apple has said that engineers are doing everything possible to quickly find out whether the service is perfect hacking and who could be behind this.
Earlier it was reported that the Cupertino figured out how to "leaked" information to the cloud storage and correct this deficiency.