Major Celebrity Hacks and How They Can Affect You

Last year news of celebrity hacks seemed to be everywhere after Celebgate, the name given by the media to the attack which, according to Celebuzz, compromised up to 600 prominent individuals’ iCloud accounts. The contents included racy personal photos of hacked celebrities that subsequently turned up on the tabloid site 4chan, and soon were all over the Internet. This year, the high-profile social hack target has been Ashley Madison, the dating site that promoted itself as specializing in extramarital affairs. Its membership list was stolen and published online, prompting an immediate media rush to find celebrity figures among the site’s clients—but the Ashley Madison hack was not just about celebrities. Companies across America are concerned that employees who signed up may be vulnerable to “spear phishing” hacks or other forms of cyberblackmail. Hacking Into Private Lives The fate of these celebrities hacks, it turns out, is not only a concern for the famous. In the Internet Age...