Linked List: July 4, 2016

Monday, 4 July 2016

Cabel Sasser’s 2016 4th of July Fireworks Photos ★

America’s finest Independence Day tradition.

Hacker Involved in ‘Celebgate’ Pleads Guilty, Faces Maximum Five Years in Prison ★

James Vincent, writing for The Verge:

A hacker has pleaded guilty for his role in the “Celebgate” breach of 2014. Edward Majerczyk faces up to five years in federal prison for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Like fellow hacker Ryan Collins, the 28-year-old Majerczyk used a phishing scam to trick celebrities into entering their online credentials into fake ‘security’ sites. Majerczyk then used this information to illegally access more than 300 personal Gmail and iCloud accounts, retrieving private photos and videos from targets including celebrities. No individuals affected by the hack were named in court documents.

It bears repeating that there was never an actual iCloud breach on Apple’s end — this was all phishing.

Elie Wiesel’s 1957 Review of Disneyland ★

Elie Wiesel:

I don’t know if a Garden of Eden awaits adults in the hereafter. I do know, though, that there is a Garden of Eden for children here in this life. I know because I myself visited this paradise.