[url]http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/09/02Apple-Media-Advisory.html[/url]
[quote]We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities. When we learned of the theft, we were outraged and immediately mobilized Apple's engineers to discover the source. Our customers' privacy and security are of utmost importance to us. After more than 40 hours of investigation, [b]we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions,[/b] a practice that has become all too common on the Internet. None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple's systems including iCloud or Find my iPhone. We are continuing to work with law enforcement to help identify the criminals involved.
To protect against this type of attack, we advise all users to always use a strong password and enable two-step verification. Both of these are addressed on our website at [url]http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4232[/url]. [/quote]
there is no solid evidence for any security holes in iCloud related to the leak. Apple deny that the infinite tries bug on Find My iPhone was related to the incident so yeah. not gonna jump right on to the anti-icloud bandwagon just yet, people would be speculating just the same if this had happened with OneCloud or whatever -- iCloud was targeted because that's just what the huge majority of celebrities use.
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