The FBI are once again investigating reports that nude photos of a famous celebrity have been leaked onto the web.
Twitter was ablaze earlier today with messages claiming to link to naked pictures of film actress Scarlett Johansson, which were allegedly stolen from her iPhone by a hacker earlier this year.
The photographs may or may not be of Scarlett Johansson, but I would suggest that every hot-blooded male exercises some restraint as it's extremely possible that cybercriminals might exploit the interest to post dangerous links on the web designed to infect computers or steal information.
Of course, Scarlett Johansson isn't the first celebrity to have fallen victim to a nude photo hacker.
Nude photos and videos of Vanessa Hudgens, the star of "High School Musical", surfaced on the net earlier this year, after it was claimed the actress's Gmail account was hacked.
Other victims in the past have included Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus.
Late last year, German investigators alleged that two hackers had
broken into the accounts of over 50 pop stars, including Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, and Justin Timberlake.
In that instance, prosecutors claimed that hackers infected computers with malware in order to steal celebrities' credit cards details, private pictures, emails and unreleased songs.
Celebrities may be very privileged, but they deserve privacy as much as the rest of us when it comes to their personal phone and email messages.
And like the rest of us, they are just as capable of being foolish about their computer security.
There's a very simple lesson that celebrities should learn: if you must take nude photos of yourself, don't leave them on your phone or store them in your email.
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I think Sophos could help keep us all safe by posting naked photos of Scarlett Johansson on it's website then we wouldn'nt need to click on dangerous links...
Come on Sophos do the decent thing!
@Bones
that's why it was called 'naked security' at the first place?
They are real. They were posted on 4chan.org/b last night around 11:40pm. At first I thought they were convincing fakes but other 4channers posted comparison pictures.
It's not the fact of being real or not that SOPHOS is trying to get across here!They [sophos]are giving us a heads up about the potential danger which could come from clicking on these photos.
@ Bones...no disrespect intended but the SOPHOS site is for serious information pertaining to computer viruses etc. and how to stay safe & keep your guard up and your personal info protected.I'm sure if you really want to see nude pics of a lady..instead of the real thing you can always check out the porn sites>>>bet they have copied the pics of Scarlett already!
i still don't understand why you would need nude photos of yourself on your phone or email...
that is the only commodity she has to display and trade.
Well, if I looked like her I'd have nude photos all over the place. What the hell?
@goodboy You missed the tongue in BONES' cheek big!
"but when will celebrities learn?"
Yeah,,,when will they learn to make sure the pic is in focus?
It's trivial to secure email these days. Free email certificates for encryption are available, PGP or GnuPG is readily available and not so difficult to set up if you have a basic level of competence and if all else fails, at the very least, you can secure files with WinRAR or 7z with a password. When will people learn basic security?
SMH, so when a celebrity has nudes released there's a big federal investigation? What a wonderful use of taxpayer dollars.