RE I thought I heard iCloud was hacked...
According to Apple and other sources, that was the 'cheap' way of explaining what happened. As I understand it, users of iCloud (especially those who didn't even know their photos were being uploaded to iCloud by default – ie, had no clue how their iPhone and other such devices worked – but could have circumvented the problem by disabling the automatic/default option of iCloug backup) were hacked the good old-fashioned way, via 'brute force', to obtain poorly constructed passwords.
EDIT: Along those lines, see this season's premiere episode of The Big Bang Theory, whereby Sheldon's (rail)road trip photos were saved to the Cloud and retrievable after his mobile was stolen.
Last edited by grelber; 09/23/14 10:51 PM. Reason: Addendum
