Michal Ždanský The situation surrounding the leaked sensitive photos of celebrities has still not calmed down. In the eyes of the public, it is linked to insufficient security of the iCloud service and is probably behind the decline of Apple shares by four percent. The company's CEO Tim Cook took the problem into his own hands, who in the form of an interview for Wall Street Journal yesterday expressed to the whole situation and clarified what further steps Apple intends to take in the future.
In his first interview on the subject, CEO Tim Cook said that celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised by hackers answering security questions correctly to obtain their passwords or using a phishing scam to obtain victims' usernames and passwords. He said no Apple ID or password was leaked from the company's servers. “If I had to look away from this horrible scenario that happened and say what we could have done more of, it would be to raise awareness,” Cook admits. "It is our responsibility to inform better. This is not a matter for engineers.'
Cook also promised several measures in the future that should prevent similar scenarios in the future. In the first case, the user will be notified by e-mail and notification whenever someone tries to change the password, restore data from iCloud to a new device, or when a device logs into iCloud for the first time. Notifications should start working in two weeks. The new system should allow the user to take immediate action in the event of a threat, such as changing the password or regaining control of the account. If such a situation were to occur, Apple's security team would also be alerted.
In the upcoming version of the operating system, access to iCloud accounts from mobile devices will also be better protected, using two-step verification. Likewise, Apple plans to better inform users and encourage them to use two-step verification. Hopefully, part of this initiative will also include the expansion of this function to other countries – it is still not available in the Czech Republic or Slovakia.
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