Apple’s two-factor authentication now protects iCloud backups

Ars Technica
By Sean GallagherSep 16, 2014, 5:47 pm1.5k ptsHot
Apple has put fixes in place to its iCloud cloud storage service that now prevent an attacker from mining data from an iOS device backup stored in the cloud by gaining access to the user’s password—at least if that user has turned on Apple’s new two-factor authentication. As we reported last week, iCloud…

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