Mila Knishes kerfuffle about the veer of celebrities who have had their phones it seems that hacked and naked photos bare on the internet continues. But now one of the celebrities denies that her phone was hacked at all. But that doesn’t mean that they were a unblemished example of computer security…Past victims of alleged phone hacking have built-in stars such as Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens.
Most lately, however, Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake have establish themselves in the spotlight, with reports that her phone was hacked, and her “associates with benefits” co-star Timberlake was pictured semi-nude lying on a bed and wearing some pink underwear on his head. In the meantime, images of Miss Kunis lying in the bath and a close part of an nameless man were said to be in flow, along with what were said to be private SMS book messages between Kunis and Timberlake.
However, according to a statement issued on behalf of Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis – the actress’s phone was not hacked. “The media’s tentative nature of this story and its persistence that there is any inappropriate communication between the two parties is entirely false,”
“At no time did Mr. Timberlake and Ms. Kunis exchange unsuitable texts or emails. We would like to verify that the photo addressed in the media of Ms. Kunis was in fact not from any phone but from an inactive email account that has not existed in 3 years. In regard to the other photos in question, they were never exchange between the two parties.”
“We are at present working with the establishment on this matter and will take the good legal action required.” Mila Kunis and Justin TimberlakeKunis and Timberlake have deprived of being in a relationship since rumors began to emerge about an affair during the making of their movie “Friends with benefits”.
I have no idea if Kunis and Timberlake have been snogging, or if they’re been sending each other flirty text messages or photographs. obviously they’re saying that hasn’t happened. But the above statement does suggest that the picture of Kunis in the bath is legitimate, and was grabbed by a hacker from an “inactive email account”.
Whoever owned that email account (and a fair supposition would be that it is Kunis, or someone close to her) was clearly not practicing safe computing. If you leave an email account to wither and die, it might be best to clear out any surplus emails first and wipe any personal information.
Ideally the email account would be erasing in its total if you’re not planning to use it anymore. Otherwise, you might be leaving a tempting treasure chest for a celeb-obsessed hacker to break into, while you attention is unfocused elsewhere. At the very least, ensure that an email account is using a unique, hard-to-crack password for heaven’s sake.
There’s still much more to this celebrity nude photo hack story to come out, and it will be attractive to hear if the FBI manage to identify who is responsible, and how it is that cybercriminals are receiving their hands on so much personal compromise material.
In the meantime, celebrity websites might be wise to keep in mind that if they issue photographs that have been hacked from the phones or email accounts of celebrities they are, effectively, handling stolen goods… and commit a crime themselves.