It seems like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) hasn’t been able to completely block the aftermath of the iCloud hacking controversy. Joy Corrigan, a model and victim of the controversy has come out all guns blazing at Apple, saying that she warned the company in early July about the hack.
She felt her account was being tampered with and she reported it to Apple for the first time back in July; the company brushed it off saying that she should change her password as it was nothing more than phishing. Carrigan went back to Apple with another complaint but was given the same response. After the hacking incident that compromised over 100 iCloud account, Carrigan was contact by Apple, but not for an apology; the tech giant told the American model that it was not responsible for the hack.
Controversial photos of over 100 celebrities were leaked online by an anonymous user and posted on web forum 4Chan last month. It was clearly evident that Apple’s security system had been compromised, but Apple refused to accept that and said the hack was targeted and a result of phishing.
Now the model is gearing up to sue the tech giant company and she plans to go big; Corrigan wants other iCloud hacking victims to join her in the law-suit against Apple. She is pursuing the law-suit because Carrigan believes that Apple had “crappy” security.
Is Apple really to blame?
Analysts and tech bloggers have consistently pointed out over the years that the ‘Find my iPhone’ feature has many glitches, which can be used as a vent to hack into the database. Apple Inc. has always denied this fact saying that its security is fool proof and the hacker got through to the victims simply by phishing and not by breaking into its database. The company said that a 40-hours long investigation was done to find the source, which revealed that the hack was nothing more than a targeted acted. No matter what Apple says, the tech giant will have to deal with numerous law suits.
One cannot help but question Carrigan’s wisdom here; she knew that her account was being targeted and yet she chose to keep her intimate picture online. However, Apple cannot be seen as the innocent party in this incident. When a company claims to have impregnable security then its users should be able to keep their personal data online using the company’s accounts. Apple was constantly reached by a user, but chose to ignore the complaints, which should never be deemed right.
Apple is not the only big name to have suffered this; Google also became a victim of a breach with 5 million hacked accounts. Cyber crime is on the rise like never before and the hackers are targeting all the big companies.
The best thing to do for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) now is to man up and confront the situation with honesty and integrity and, most importantly, strengthen its security; it should make all efforts to apologize to its hack victims instead of freeing itself of all charges.
