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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by dane-pgp on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:09PM (#17307425)
Ahem:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_phot...

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by Veedrac on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:15PM (#17307463)
> access was later revealed to have been gained via targeted phishing attacks
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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by dane-pgp on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:21PM (#17307494)
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/icloud-accounts-risk-brute-force-a...

"Last September, Apple said it had made changes to iCloud security and introduced a measure to stop software from making multiple automated guesses. While this is the case when trying to log in on a computer, unlimited guesses can be made using an iOS device, which is what this software pretends to be when accessing iCloud from a computer running it."

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by slowmotiony on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:06AM (#17309661)
That could have just been someone simply nicking Harvey Weinstein's phone. I don't buy the "we were all hacked at the same time by scary unknown exploit" story.
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