--- description: A host of iCloud accounts were targeted and hacked last week, with private photographs from several celebrities being released online title: Apple to Strengthen Security After Nude Photo Leak image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b5a84167bcb7d18/6986a21ee53aba16f54d4477/476523455.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Apple to Strengthen Security After iCloud Nude Celebrity Photos Leak ## Video: Hacker Leaks Nude Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence [Watch (HLS stream): Hacker Leaks Nude Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/edC6UhtW.m3u8) (1:22)  _Published 2014-09-01. Photos supposedly of Jennifer Lawrence topless began circulating after a hacker allegedly stole them from her iCloud account and posted them on the website 4chan._ by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2014 2:40 AM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 2, 2014 Jennifer Lawrence attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 2, 2014Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2014 2:40 AM CUT Apple has revealed [plans](http://online.wsj.com/articles/tim-cook-says-apple-to-add-security-alerts-for-icloud-users-1409880977 "undefined") to strengthen the security of its iCloud service in response to last week’s leak of celebrity nude photos, although CEO Tim Cook denies the company’s servers were to blame. Cook told the _Wall Street Journal_ in his first interview since the scandal broke that users will now be notified via email whenever someone tries to restore iCloud data to a new device, in addition to notifications when an account password is changed or an unknown device is used to log into an account. Apple will also use “two–factor” authentication on a wider scale, which asks for two of three things: a password, an access key provided when one first signs up for the service, or a separate onetime code. A host of iCloud accounts were targeted and hacked last week, with private photographs from a range of celebrities including actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton subsequently released online. However, Cook told the _Journal_ that the hackers most likely provided correct answers to the security questions asked when one forgets a password, or were victims of a phishing scam. He also stressed the need to make users more aware about the threats posed by hackers. “When I step back from this terrible scenario that happened and say what more could we have done, I think about the awareness piece,” he said. “I think we have a responsibility to ratchet that up. That’s not really an engineering thing.” \[[_WSJ_\]](http://online.wsj.com/articles/tim-cook-says-apple-to-add-security-alerts-for-icloud-users-1409880977 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3271667/apple-jennifer-lawrence-icloud-leak-security/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3271667/apple-jennifer-lawrence-icloud-leak-security/"},"headline":"Apple to Strengthen Security After iCloud Nude Celebrity Photos Leak","datePublished":"2014-09-05T02:40:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:06.368Z","description":"A host of iCloud accounts were targeted and hacked last week, with private photographs from several celebrities being released online","url":"https://time.com/3271667/apple-jennifer-lawrence-icloud-leak-security/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Jennifer Lawrence","Security","Tim cook","icloud"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b5a84167bcb7d18/6986a21ee53aba16f54d4477/476523455.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b5a84167bcb7d18/6986a21ee53aba16f54d4477/476523455.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter","caption":"2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter","creditText":"Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3271667/apple-jennifer-lawrence-icloud-leak-security/","name":"Apple to Strengthen Security After iCloud Nude Celebrity Photos Leak"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hacker Leaks Nude Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence","description":"Photos supposedly of Jennifer Lawrence topless began circulating after a hacker allegedly stole them from her iCloud account and posted them on the website 4chan.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/edC6UhtW/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-01T14:36:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/edC6UhtW.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3271667/apple-jennifer-lawrence-icloud-leak-security/","duration":"PT1M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3271667/apple-jennifer-lawrence-icloud-leak-security/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```