Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule impikiswano yavela ngenxa yokufinyelela okungafanele kwabantu abambalwa kuma-akhawunti we-iCloud wabantu abadumile, ikakhulukazi abavela eHollywood, lapho babegcine khona inqwaba yezithombe eziningi zazo zenziwe ngezingubo ezincane kakhulu, kungasho ukuthi zinqunu ngokuphelele. Ezinye zalezi zithombe zashicilelwa ku-4chain futhi ukusuka lapho zasabalala kuyo yonke i-inthanethi. Okuqale kwabonakala kuyinkinga yezokuphepha ye-iCloud, kwagcina kukhonjisiwe ukuthi inkinga ivela kubantu uqobo abalalele i-imeyili yohlobo lokuheha lapho, bazenza i-Apple ne-Google, bacela amaphasiwedi e-iCloud ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ayenelungelo yini abanikazi.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule umsolwa wokuqala walivuma icala wangena ejele. Owesibili wabamangalelwa u-Edward Majerczyk ulivumile icala lakhe njengabanye abathinteka ehlazweni lika-2014 elibizwa ngeCelebgate. U-Edward uvumile ukuthi ufinyelela kuma-akhawunti osaziwayo futhi weba izithombe ezibeka engcupheni. Kepha futhi futhi njengommangalelwa wangaphambilini, u-Edward naye uthi azikho izikhathi lapho ebe khona lezi zithombe ukuze azishicilele kwi-intanethi, kepha kube ngumuntu wesithathu obesengaziwa ukuthi ngubani ofake izithombe ku-inthanethi.
U-Edward ubesola ngokuthumela i-imeyili ezenza i-iCloud ne-Gmail ku finyelela kuma-akhawunti wefu wabantu abangaphezu kwama-300 phakathi kukaNovemba 2012 no-Agasti 2014. Lesi sigameko sangabaza ukuphepha kwalolu hlobo lwenkonzo, saphoqa zombili izinkampani ukuthi zengeze ukufakazela ubuqiniso obuphindwe kabili ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho umsebenzisi efuna ukufinyelela kudatha yakhe, inqubo ethumela umlayezo kudivayisi yomsebenzisi nephasiwedi edingekayo ukufinyelela uma usungenile leyo ovame ukuyisebenzisa.
