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To: JP Sullivan who wrote (173592)	9/4/2014 7:09:25 AM
From: Ryan Bartholomew	Respond to of 213182

Apple already has two-factor authentication To be more clear, I should have said that they should apply it more broadly and practically. Right now, it doesn't cover iCloud Backups and other things, which provides an easy opportunity to hack. While the celebrity content is getting a lot of attention, many non-celebrity accounts are compromised by the same methods and the content is being distributed on 4Chan and other venues. Some of the delayed reaction by the stock could be because it was initially reported as a targeted attack on a 100 or so celebrities, but the lack of promotion and coverage of the two-factor authentication combined with brute-force vulnerabilities make it a much broader concern. Apple has already patched the obvious stuff, but some people are moving data elsewhere until everything shakes out, deeper improvements are implemented, etc. For obvious reasons, Isis is rebranding... I have an Isis account (the free $ you get from their marketing efforts is phenomenal) and received the email from the company about this yesterday. I must admit, it made me chuckle when I read the first paragraph from the CEO, just thinking about what must have gone through their heads when the news of the other Isis hit the news. "Of all the dumb luck, our company has the have the same name as..."