The Russian-made tool that grabs nude selfies from iCloud accounts

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/2602243/data-protection/the-russianmade-tool-that-grabs-nude-selfies-from-icloud-accounts.html

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
Sep 4, 2014

There's a seedy trade in compromising photos stored in Apple iCloud 
accounts, and it is in part aided by a software program that cleanly 
collects the data.

Some of the nude celebrity photos are believed to have first been 
circulated on Anon-IB, a definitely not safe-for-work forum. As reported 
by Wired, the forum is full of offers for iCloud "ripping," or downloading 
the entire contents of an account.

The software tool they're using is Moscow-based Elcomsoft's Phone Password 
Breaker, or EPPB, one of many forensic tools the company develops for law 
enforcement and other clients.

Elcomsoft CEO Vladimir Katalov said via email on Wednesday that there are 
legitimate uses for his company's software and that it doesn't exploit 
flaws in Apple services.

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