4Chan's iCloud Hack

In September 2014, the biggest celebrity hack of all time would occur, and the internet would never be the same.

A hacker on 4Chan made a post, claiming that they had lewd pictures of various A-list celebrities. They then posted an address to their Bitcoin wallet, asking for donations. After some users sent the hacker around $100 worth of Bitcoin, the hacker began releasing the photos.

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[Kronzel]

"i dont wanna commit a federal crime but 100 dollars is 100 dollars"

[sunnysuryani]

"go ahead, arrest me, you can't unleak those photos"

[Dwip_po_po]

“Sorry guys my ADHD kicked in and decided to sell celebrity nudes”

[biddaminesquire]

I like how privacy is only a problem when celebrities are targeted.

[christianehmling]

You know, I never understood why Apple never took the fall for this when it was clearly their fault. They should've had better security.

[ManFromChicago]

$100 of bitcoin in 2014 💀 homie is absolutely rich now

[Justanotherlonelydude]

The most anticipating battle I'm waiting for is 4chan vs the IRS

[somefrog]

Here's to another 20 glorious years, 4chan 🍻

[ZoroSwords]

"Apple is more secure that Android"
Apple iCloud:

[TMDODO]

4chan is a group of discord mods that know how to code

[TheBloodGamePL]

The best way to protect yourself from having your nudes leaked, is not taking nudes

[ytuser]

Apple was probably like “hey we caught the hackers so we’re the good guys now!” Even though their iCloud was what got hacked

[karanjotsingh]

The moment you said 4chan you know it's going to be chaotic

[csharpcoffee]

Sad fact: one of the celebrities leaked was a minor. The original zip hash was banned from many file sharing platforms, because nobody sane wants to share nor download CP. Not even creeps, apparently/thankfully.

[ryanrzjr]

Interestingly enough, what happened was these hackers had a private organization where they would share these photos with eachother (you needed to provide a photo to even get in). What happened was one guy went rogue and tried to turn a profit, and this opened the flood gates. Each hacker was now trying to sell their photos to get whatever little profit they could from it.

[Snowflake-hgtn]

The most crazy thing is that those pics were release for only 100 dollars. They could gotten a few hundred thousand easily.

[Y_u_dum]

They probably wouldnt even bat an eye if the victims were random people... (The police that is)

[UniqueUsername]

The comments really make me worried for the future 💀💀

[ZoroSwords]

The fappening is the most phenomenal name possible 😂

[cebolinhacalvo]

This is so disturbing. The people cheering it were even weirder than the hacker himself.