A Russian internet security analyst who found a glitch in Apple's iCloud that is suspected of giving hackers access to nude photos of celebrities released earlier this week has said that it took him just two hours to identify the flaw.
Alexei Troshichev announced the discovery of the bug in Apple's FindMyiPhone app at a conference in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Saturday evening – a day before an anonymous hacker posted private images of more than 100 actors, singers and celebrities to internet forum 4chan.
"I started to research different login interfaces. iCloud and iTunes were protected. FindMyiPhone was not ... all together it took about two hours [to find the bug]. It was a trivial task," Mr Troshichev told The Daily Telegraph.
"This bug looks really critical in context of the photo leaks," added Mr Troshichev.
The FBI is investigating the hack attack and Apple has said that it is actively looking into the security of iCloud, where data of users – including photos, contacts and videos – is stored.
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