The nightmare of celebrities worldwide, “The Fappening”, the largest leak of personal photos and videos began in 2014 but continues to sow fear as hackers always find a way to gain access to Cloud.
The most common tactics used by hackers are password cracking and phishing scams. While on the one hand, password cracking can be prevented by adding a strong password, on the other hand, phishing emails can trick you very easily.
Regardless of whether you're a celebrity or not, it's important to protect your files from hackers, and below we'll learn the easiest ways you can do so.
- Always check for phishing scams. Criminals love this method as they can easily gain access to your Cloud accounts through -for example- phishing emails.
- Do not open links whose origin you do not know, no matter how legitimate they may seem!
3 Don't upload photos to the Cloud.
By default, iPhones upload photos to iCloud for backup purposes. You can turn this feature off (on iPhones) by going to Settings > Accounts & Passwords > iCloud > Photos > iCloud Photo Library.
- Enable two-factor authentication.
If for some reason you want all your photos stored in the Cloud, there is an easy way to do this and stay safe at the same time.
This feature can be enabled in different ways depending on your service provider, and in most cases it supports SMS verification. This means that you will receive a password every time a login attempt is recorded, so even if hackers gain access to your credentials, they will not be able to access any files without the password.
