如果“云”知道——“蘋果”惹的禍？

Security and Privacy concerns were always termed as major challenges for the perpetuation of cloud storage and cloud computing businesses. iCloud which is pioneered by Apple Inc.， was recently cracked by a hacker. Earlier， it was revealed that a hacking group was behind this whole 1）cyber crime activity. But now， as per the latest reports suggested by an online resource 2）CBS， a hacker has broken into the iCloud system and 3）siphoned off private photos of actresses， which are now being 4）slobbered over on social media by 5）lascivious celebrity stalkers.

The iCloud hacker has posted unclothed photos of 100s of Hollywood celebrities that were claimed to have come from their iCloud accounts using iCloud security vulnerability. Victims of the hacking include stars like Jennifer Lawrence， Kate Upton， Kirsten Dunst， Miley Cyrus， Mary Elizabeth Winstead， Kim Kardarshian and sisters， Coco Austin， Paris Hilton， Heidi Klum， Britney Spears， Rihanna， Beyoncé， and the list goes on…

Apple did not respond to this iCloud leak saga immediately， but some of the exposed actresses were outraged. Representatives of one star， Jennifer Lawrence， told CBS that the leakage was a flagrant violation of privacy， while another actress’ representative denied the images were of her client.

One celebrity Mary Elizabeth Winstead reacted to the news and said that she had deleted all those images from her PC and the cloud long before. And is now shocked how iCloud can archive all those deleted images still and save them in its database. She wants to hear the purpose of such data storage practices followed by iCloud.

This episode gave fresh ammo to privacy advocates who have warned that nothing can stay secure online and no matter how vigilant you are， they still spill out when the time comes.

It also gives us a clear understanding that it is not just individuals who have to worry about cloud computing security. Many corporations and businesses have moved onto the IP Storage platform recently， and they also have to start showing a bit of concern for adopting this $20 billion industry that is growing at more than 50% annually.

It makes you wonder how much truth exists in this recent revelation against the Apple iCloud Saga. But one thing is proven， and that is to be more careful when uploading content to the public cloud.

安全與隱私的擔憂一直都是云存儲與云計算行業的最大挑戰。iCloud是由蘋果公司所提供的云存儲和云計算服務，最近因為黑客入侵而崩潰了。早些時候，有報道指出是一個黑客團體操縱了這起網絡犯罪活動。但是現在，據最新的網上哥倫比亞廣播公司報道顯示，一名黑客非法侵入了iCloud系統，竊取多位女演員的私密照片，現在這些照片正在社交媒體上被好色的名人追蹤者垂涎窺視。

侵入iCloud的黑客曝光了一百多名好萊塢名人的脫衣照，聲稱來源于她們的iCloud賬號，利用的是iCloud的安全漏洞。這次黑客事件的受害者包括詹妮弗·勞倫斯、凱特·阿普頓、克里斯汀·鄧斯特、麥莉·賽勒斯、瑪麗·伊麗莎白·文斯蒂德、金·卡戴珊及其姐妹、可可·奧斯汀、帕麗斯·希爾頓、海蒂·克魯姆、布蘭妮·斯皮爾斯、蕾哈娜、碧昂斯，不勝枚舉。

蘋果公司對于這起iCloud泄密事件沒有立即作出回應，但是其中一些遭泄密女星則出離憤怒。其中的代表，詹妮弗·勞倫斯向CBS表示，這起泄密事件是對隱私的公然侵犯，而另一位女演員的經紀公司則否認這些艷照主角為旗下藝人。

一位名人——瑪麗·伊麗莎白·文斯蒂德對此回應說，自己很早前就已經從電腦和云端上刪除了那些照片，如今深感震驚，因為iCloud竟然還保留著所有的已刪照片并且保存于其數據庫當中。她想要聽聽iCloud實行這種數據保存制度的原因。

這個插曲給隱私捍衛者又一有力論據：他們發出過警告說在網上沒有任何事物是安全的，無論你多警惕，時機一到，隱私依然會四處擴散。……