I know a lot of people (@SwiftOnSecurity) are leading charge that this is an iCloud breach, but I'm thinking maybe not for a few reasons.
- A couple of photos seem to be taken with Android phones/web cams. I know this doesn't mean much, but makes it less likely to be a Photostream breach, as for that to happen, we'd likely only see photos taken with iPhone or iPad. This makes it much more likely to be from someone's personal backup. Could be iCloud, but not likely to be a Photostream exploit.
- Some videos in leak, and as far as I know, though I could be wrong, Photostream doesn't back up videos, only photos. So again likely a backup.
- Specifically with what look to be webcam examples, I don't want to downplay these celebrities tech knowledge, but to send webcam photos, I would guess email or something was used, not iMessage, etc. Again, likely to probably be from a backup.
My thoughts are that someone who has been overly friendly with a lot of female celebrities either had a really bad Apple ID password, so it was compromised on a device, where photos from a Photos.app backup were grabbed from. That, or some sort of stolen phone/laptop for the same person. I'm skeptical, but doesnt look like a wide spread Apple iCloud exploit yet.
- A couple of photos seem to be taken with Android phones/web cams. I know this doesn't mean much, but makes it less likely to be a Photostream breach, as for that to happen, we'd likely only see photos taken with iPhone or iPad. This makes it much more likely to be from someone's personal backup. Could be iCloud, but not likely to be a Photostream exploit.
- Some videos in leak, and as far as I know, though I could be wrong, Photostream doesn't back up videos, only photos. So again likely a backup.
- Specifically with what look to be webcam examples, I don't want to downplay these celebrities tech knowledge, but to send webcam photos, I would guess email or something was used, not iMessage, etc. Again, likely to probably be from a backup.
My thoughts are that someone who has been overly friendly with a lot of female celebrities either had a really bad Apple ID password, so it was compromised on a device, where photos from a Photos.app backup were grabbed from. That, or some sort of stolen phone/laptop for the same person. I'm skeptical, but doesnt look like a wide spread Apple iCloud exploit yet.