When the iCloud celebrity photo scandal first erupted last week, one of the many questions that people were asking was how the hackers were able to access the iCloud accounts in the first place. While Apple has stated repeatedly that it was not a failure of the security system that is already in place - it was simply the dedicated goal of the hackers to target specific usernames and passwords - it has nonetheless announced it will be making upgrades to iCloud security.

While speaking with the Wal Street Journal (WSJ) at the end of last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new measures that the company will take in order to preserve the privacy of every single Apple user around the world. In order to ensure that people are as secure as they can possibly be with their digital information, the following measures have already taken effect:

• Users will receive alerts if someone tries to change a password
• People will be emailed if there is an attempt to download their iCloud files to a new device
• If somebody tries to log a new device onto an existing account, an email will be sent to the account holder
• A new iOS update will expand to two-step authentication for all iCloud accounts.

One of the other major problems, Cook tells the news source, is that many people might not be fully aware of how vulnerable their devices and accounts really are. Getting people to take their online security seriously will be helpful in preventing another breach like the celebrity photo hack.

"When I step back from this terrible scenario that happened and say what more could we have done, I think about the awareness piece," Cook tells the WSJ. "I think we have a responsibility to ratchet that up."

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