As the US midterm elections in November approach, there are developments that will put Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in trouble. Hunter Biden, whose data was leaked from his laptop in 2020, was again caught badly before the election.
Hunter Biden’s iCloud account leaked
Recently, iCloud data of son Hunter Biden was leaked on 4chan. The attackers obtained the data of two devices, iPad and iPhone, and prepared them as two separate ZIP files. The files contain a large catalog of data such as audio recordings, videos, voice messages, pictures. So how did Hunter Biden get his password stolen?
It is difficult to get clear information since the issue is on the side of the US Secret Service, but there are those who connect the data that Hunter stole in 2020. It is estimated that the attackers, who obtained the passwords in this data package, tried it on their iCloud account and found the right one.
On the other hand, it is possible that Hunter Biden’s password was captured by phishing method or that the data was accessed through a malware he installed. So in any case it seems that Hunter Biden had a negligence.
What data is stored on iCloud?
In the iCloud cloud backup account, many personal data of users such as pictures, videos, voice messages, voice recordings, contacts, calendar can be stored. Thus, when he switches to a new device, he can reinstall them.
Data on iCloud is stored unencrypted. After the attackers got the password, they extracted the data using the iPhone Backup Extractor tool. In this regard, iCloud is a bit risky and users are advised to backup their computers via cable via iTunes if necessary.
On the iPhone, the data is stored encrypted and can be obtained with very special password cracking tools of law enforcement. In 2014, attackers used the EPPB password cracker tool owned by the security forces to steal the iCloud accounts of many celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton.
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