Cyber Hacker has posted Naked photos of many celebs Online (according to Daily Mail)

[Encore Hermes]

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'I am not behind this': American software engineer forced to deny he is the hacker who stole 101 celebrities' nude photos after he tried to resell them online for $100


Bryan Hamade, 26, was named as source of leak of nude celebrity photos
He tried to sell intimate pictures of Jennifer Lawrence in return for Bitcoin
He posted images on Reddit and allegedly tried to sell them for $100 each
But he was forced to deny that he was original hacker users identified him
Admitted he had been an 'idiot' and that photo he had tried to sell was fake
A total of 101 celebrities have been named on a list of victims of the hack

Mr Hamade works for software company Southern Digital Media in Lawrenceville, Georgia.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...os-tried-resell-online-100.html#ixzz3C5Rz387K
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[jimmyshoogirl]

While I agree that this is a crime, it is also a crime of opportunity. A city in my state last year put out a warning for people not to leave their cars unlocked and running and especially not to leave their personal belongings (purse, briefcase, etc.) inside because people were either stealing things out of the cars or stealing the cars themselves. Now, in a case like that, it is STILL a crime to steal a car or someone else's things, but the police weren't lambasted for telling people ways they can avoid being a victim. I equate it to leaving $100 bills littered across my front seat. Even if I lock the car, that is an attractive hazard. It doesn't mean I deserve to be a victim, but it does mean that I could have easily prevented it.

My kids are not yet old enough to engage in this sort of thing, but I have been telling them since the time they were little that NOTHING online is "safe", "private", or can ever be fully deleted. Once it is online, it is out there FOREVER. I tell them that unless they would be comfortable having whatever they write printed and distributed to everyone at school, they should not write it, either on their phones or in an email. My mum used to tell me the same thing about writing notes, and that once something was in writing, it was potentially dangerous and no longer a "he said-she said" sort of thing.

In a perfect world, anyone could write anything, anyone could store money and their bank records in the front seat of their unlocked cars, and anyone could walk anywhere at anytime and not have any fear. But the world isn't perfect. A person should not have to protect themselves from being a victim, but I'd much rather take measures to protect myself than lament that I was a victim later.

I did find the signs that says lock doors, remove all personal items from your vehicles funny. I thought who the heck does that?! Lol until THE one day I left my gym bag (by accident, seriously) on my front seat and someone broke into my vehicle. I was distracted on a very important phone call and totally forgot. My brain was on autopilot and even the most perfect person doesn't do everything right everyday! ACCIDENTS happen. Now when I see those signs I check my car again although I've since become anal about checking. (Not to say the pics the celebs took is the same).

I agree that in a perfect world things would happen that way. I'm sure it has to do with the "this will never happen to me mentality" that so many of us have. Fortunately for me I'm no celebrity so even if someone see my pics they wouldn't know who I was lol. But that's the risk intake and I will own it but I'm not going to stop doing me at all.

I'm all for being responsible for myself as well. HOWEVER, there's no way that you will be able to secure yourself at all times and it's unrealistic to think so. We can't say what they were thinking. We don't know what mentally unstable determined people will do.

There's three parties that contribute to this. The people that took the photos. The hacker. And, the people that click and repost the pictures. People that's viewing and reporting those pics intended for privacy feed into that and are equally as wrong as the others. So EVERY ONE need to know their part, if that's what we are going to take this. Those hackers know just how involved people are in celebrities lives and do things to get popular. The day people stop clicking on those pics is the day it will go away. Same with the celebs people love to hate. As soon as people stop making them relevant is the day they will go away.

 

[FreeSpirit71]

Celebs get hacked ALL the time, in fact if you're a big celeb, it's almost guaranteed that someone will hack you at one point. They should really know better than to have naked pics of themselves, especially with their face included. Even regular people know that if you're gonna take a nude, don't include the face. The hacker is obviously the one in the wrong but with everything else in life, you need to take precautions. It's not about "placing blame." There will always be bad, sick people out there waiting to pounce, you need to do your best to protect yourself and be smart about things, especially when you're in the public eye. You may not be able to keep everything sealed on your devices from a hackers point but you can at least make sure there are no compromising pictures. There are a lot of things in life that are out of your control but this isn't one of them. It's not gonna kill you or ruin your life to NOT take nudes.

What you're doing is victim blaming. Should they have been more careful? Yes. But they are VICTIMS of a crime. That Clementine Ford article nailed it.

 

[Singra]

Also if the information released by the hacker/s had been sensitive financial or security information people wouldn't be saying... "well if you're foolish enough to do that..."

It was photos but it could have been other sensitive information.

Look at those hackers who recently got a hold of passwords to millions to accounts around the world if they sell those passwords there's gonna be a lot of unhappy people.

 

[labelwhore04]

What you're doing is victim blaming. Should they have been more careful? Yes. But they are VICTIMS of a crime. That Clementine Ford article nailed it.

Sorry, i don't believe in "victim blaming." Should the hacker be punished? YES. Are these celebs victims? Most definitely. BUT just because someone was the victim of a crime, doesn't mean we should ignore how those crimes occurred in the first place and what should/should've been done to prevent it. Walking around being blind to the circumstances of what led to the crime is not helpful to anyone. That's why your parents tell you to never leave your drink unattended and or leave your car doors unlocked. Telling someone what they should've done/should do in the future to prevent a crime is not victim blaming, it's being proactive and smart. You can't control what others do, you can only control what you do. There's no guarantee that somebody is not going to steal your car, but you can minimize the risks by locking your doors and keeping valuables out of sight. Once a crime has taken place, it's up to the justice system to penalize the criminal but it's up to YOU to look back on the situation and what you could've done differently. A lot of the time, there's nothing you could've done but there are times when these things are preventable. There's nothing wrong with taking personal responsibility for a poor decision that may have led to someone taking advantage of you. I don't understand why that's a taboo concept.

 

[NY_Mami]

Victoria Justice is claiming the pics aren't her. Highly unlikely as the rest of them are the actual celebs.

I feel bad for these girls (and Justin Verlander, Kate Upton's SO) but Cloud is known to be an unsafe platform. Do what you like but make sure where you store pics like this is secure.

Those are her pics.... There are pics with her wearing the same exact clothes as seen in some of those nudie pics... Lol

 

[NY_Mami]

Have you not been paying attention over the last 10-15 years? Hackers will go after anything. Or nothing. They break into systems just to see if it can be done, even if they don't take anything. They'll go after a website like this just to put their name on the header page.

It may not be a legal defense, but it's simple basic common sense when it come to privacy and personal security. If you don't want it on the web, don't put it on the web.

Exactly

 

[NY_Mami]

Celebs get hacked ALL the time, in fact if you're a big celeb, it's almost guaranteed that someone will hack you at one point. They should really know better than to have naked pics of themselves, especially with their face included. Even regular people know that if you're gonna take a nude, don't include the face. The hacker is obviously the one in the wrong but with everything else in life, you need to take precautions. It's not about "placing blame." There will always be bad, sick people out there waiting to pounce, you need to do your best to protect yourself and be smart about things, especially when you're in the public eye. You may not be able to keep everything sealed on your devices from a hackers point but you can at least make sure there are no compromising pictures. There are a lot of things in life that are out of your control but this isn't one of them. It's not gonna kill you or ruin your life to NOT take nudes.

Church!!!! AMEN!!!!

 

[Echoes]

Also if the information released by the hacker/s had been sensitive financial or security information people wouldn't be saying... "well if you're foolish enough to do that..."

If they were storing it in a personal Cloud service with an insufficient security protocol and a weak password?

The types of hacks that make the papers regarding financial information are about businesses that people should be able to trust.

Sensitive information stored on personal cloud services must be done properly. Encrypted with multi-level logins. Not sent from a phone via an open connection.

 

[dr.pepper]

I'm really tired of anyone commenting a person should practice common sense and the automatic response being, "You're victim blaming!"

Not just here, but in general.

 

[dr.pepper]

If they were storing it in a personal Cloud service with an insufficient security protocol and a weak password?

The types of hacks that make the papers regarding financial information are about businesses that people should be able to trust.

Sensitive information stored on personal cloud services must be done properly. Encrypted with multi-level logins. Not sent from a phone via an open connection.

Exactly.

It's like people who click a link within an email that screams phishing scam and turn over their entire identity! That is a horrid situation, but Jesus Christ, pick up a newspaper once in awhile and get to know what's happening in the world and how easy it is for people with the right skills to access your online information and thus real life identity.

People don't want to have to think before they do things. They want to do whatever they want in the moment and that be the end of it. It doesn't always work that way.

 

[Ladybug09]

Apple products in general give people a fasle sense of security. The belief that it is "unhackable"....not able to to get viruses.....which causes people to not protect themselves and use commonsense.

 

[Ms Kiah]

I feel bad for Kate Upton and that girl from Downtown Abby. They were super personal, beyond just topless pics. I mean begging your man to let you smell his bum hole is just not something you need your family and friends knowing. It looks like the hacker/s got into Justin's cloud. He had all of his side pieces pics on there as well as video of him having sex with one of them.


I would think if you're "smart" enough to hack into something you would be able to cover your tracks.


The idea that there's an underground celeb pic trading hack ring is baffling to me. A lot of people take pics and don't realize they are being synced.

 

[FreeSpirit71]

I'm really tired of anyone commenting a person should practice common sense and the automatic response being, "You're victim blaming!"

Not just here, but in general.

Well, if the hat fits. And that attitude is the same one that says rape victims had some part in the crime perpetuated against them because of the clothing they were wearing. This is just a different kind of assault.

Since this is probably addressed at me, I'll respond. If you actually read my posts, I'm not saying these woman shouldn't have been more careful. But being naive about your personal pictures is not a crime. Nor is taking an nude selfie for a loved one or sexual partner.

What is a crime is what this hacker did with them. And I think that's where the focus should be - not on why they didn't store them at this, that or the other place.

You're tired of this argument? Yeah, me too.

 

[labelwhore04]

Exactly.

It's like people who click a link within an email that screams phishing scam and turn over their entire identity! That is a horrid situation, but Jesus Christ, pick up a newspaper once in awhile and get to know what's happening in the world and how easy it is for people with the right skills to access your online information and thus real life identity.

People don't want to have to think before they do things. They want to do whatever they want in the moment and that be the end of it. It doesn't always work that way.

People don't want to take responsibility for their actions. My boyfriend once did a stupid thing. He was outside a club and some sketchy looking guy started talking to him, he asked to see my bf's ipod and my bf stupidly gave it to him to look at. The guy then just ran off with it. Obviously my bf made a huge mistake by letting the guy hold his ipod. He knows it was poor judgement and it would be naive to think that he didn't have some responsibility in letting that crime happen.