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Leaked Photos of Johansson Expose Cloud's Vulnerabilities to Social Engineering

Scarlett Johansson performs as Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Source: Bonham/Bryan-Brown via Bloomberg
Scarlett Johansson performs as Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Source: Bonham/Bryan-Brown via Bloomberg
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When Christopher Chaney hacked into the e-mail accounts of Hollywood stars and revealed intimate photographs of celebrities, including Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, he exposed something else: Some parts of the cloud can still be woefully vulnerable to social engineering.