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Man pleads guilty in celebrity iCloud hacking case, admits to phishing scheme

A Pennsylvania man on Tuesday was charged in the hacking of iCloud and Google cloud storage accounts belonging to more than 100 individuals — notably dozens of celebrities — and stealing personal, sometimes compromising pictures and video.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 32

How to securely back up your iPhone or iPad with encryption via iTunes

In light of Apple's encryption fight, it's been noted the company can decrypt some data from an iCloud backup. Knowing this, security-conscious users may opt instead for locally-stored encrypted backups of their iPhone and iPad — a simple process through iTunes on both Mac and PC.

Christine McKee 10 years ago 15

Review body requests more info before approving Apple's Irish data center

A planning organization backed by the Irish government — An Bord Pleanála — is reportedly asking Apple to provide more information about a number of issues before it approves the construction of a data center near the small town of Athenry.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 18

Apple's in-house CDN efforts spell trouble for Akamai as infrastructure biz warns of losses

Seminal internet infrastructure provider Akamai has cautioned investors that traffic from its two biggest clients — Apple and Microsoft — will decline in the year ahead, thanks to what chief executive Tom Leighton called their "DIY efforts."

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 9

Apple adds server-to-server web service requests to CloudKit

Apple's CloudKit framework for automating apps' storage and retrieval of user data "in the cloud" has learned a new trick. Developers can now read and write data in their app's public database from a server-side process or script.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 8

Environmental concerns slow progress on Apple's new Irish data center

Progress on Apple's new €850 million data center in Ireland is reportedly at a standstill as the Irish government continues to sort out complaints about the project's potential to harm local wildlife.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 5

U.S., EU reach breakthrough on new 'Safe Harbor' data transfer agreement - report [u]

Having already missed the original Sunday deadline, U.S. and European officials are reportedly on the verge of cinching a new "Safe Harbor" deal on transferring data across the Atlantic. [Updated]

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 4

Apple predicted to abandon Amazon Web Services for own data centers, analyst says

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak believes Apple is considering drawing down its reliance, or altogether dumping, Amazon Web Services in favor of an in-house solution, though the shift might take two years.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 41

US & Europe miss deadline for new 'Safe Harbor' agreement on overseas data transfers

In spite of late-hour talks, U.S and European officials missed a deadline on Sunday to renegotiate a "Safe Harbor" agreement allowing companies like Apple and Google to shuttle data back and forth across the Atlantic.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 4

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