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Celebrity Photo Leak Raises Questions About Cloud Storage

Jennifer Lawrence, pictured here at the Oscars on March 2, 2014, is one of several celebrities whose photos were stolen and posted online. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Jennifer Lawrence, pictured here at the Oscars on March 2, 2014, is one of several celebrities whose photos were stolen and posted online. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

The FBI is investigating claims that nude photos of around 20 celebrities, including actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton, have been stolen and posted online.

The photos may have been stored on the cloud, raising questions about the security of such services. Jason Bellini of The Wall Street Journal discusses the concerns with Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson.

Initial reports suggested that the photos had been hacked from iCloud, but Apple said in a statement today that “none of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple’s systems.”

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