Apple denies responsibility for celebrity photo hack

After nearly two days of investigation, Apple has concluded that it is not responsible for the security failure that enabled hackers to steal hundreds of private photos from celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton and disseminate them across the internet.

"We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities," said the company in a statement. "When we learned of the theft, we were outraged and immediately mobilized Apple's engineers to discover the source."

The company goes on to recommend additional security measures like two-step verification, which makes it much harder for accounts to be accessed by strangers. It's a wise suggestion — but that may not be enough to appease celebrities like Kirsten Dunst, who took to Twitter with some choice words for Apple when her private photos were posted. --Scott Meslow

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