Privacy in the Digital Age: Hacked pictures and a Credit Card Breach at Home Depot
314 views · Published 3 September 2014 · 7:37 · Indexed 23 October 2026
Channel: GBH News · 2014 · News & Politics
Snap a picture, swipe a credit card, and cross your fingers. This week’s headlines don’t inspire much confidence about the security of our personal information stored online. Over the weekend, hundreds of nude photos of celebrities turned up on the web. Initially, people blamed Apple’s iCloud file storage network, but Apple denies any breach of its security systems, claiming hackers targeted certain stars and obtained the photos by essentially guessing their personal passwords. It’s a different story over at Home Depot where hackers appear to have exploited a vulnerability in the company’s security wall, and are now selling stolen credit and debit card information on the black market. Both incidents raise serious questions about the security of our personal data– and our expectation of privacy.
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