


Chi used social engineering and phishing schemes to coerce his victims, and he did not breach Apple's iCloud protections.Ĭhi accessed photos and videos from at least 306 victims across the United States, and most of them were young women. Hao Kuo Chi collected more than 620,000 private photos and videos by impersonating Apple customer support staff and sending out emails to trick his victims into providing Apple IDs and passwords. A criminal from Los Angeles has pled guilty to felony charges after breaking into thousands of iCloud accounts to hunt down nude photos of women, reports The Los Angeles Times.
