Apple Says ICloud Not Breached for Hacked Actors’ Photos

Apple Inc. said its iCloud service wasn’t breached by hackers who posted nude pictures of celebrities, as the company works to deflect questions about the security of its systems.

Photos from the celebrities were stolen individually, the company said. The celebrity accounts were “compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that is all too common on the Internet,” Cupertino, California-based Apple said in a statement today.