Apple begins sending alert emails to users when iCloud detects a web-based login

Days after Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that Apple needs to be more vigilant about iCloud security, word comes that Apple has started sending users alert emails whenever iCloud detects a browser-based login. Notably, the enhanced security measure from Apple is enabled by default and requires no additional actions from users.

iCloud's extra security layer comes about a week after malicious hackers leaked nude photos of nearly 100 celebrities which were obtained by illicitly accessing iCloud accounts. Shortly thereafter, Apple denied that the leak was the result of a breach in iCloud security, instead attributing the breach to weak iCloud passwords and "soft" hacking methods such as phishing attacks.

via ABC News