Kubukeka sengathi njengamanje, iCelebgate iyaqhubeka nokukhuluma lapho kumcabango, ngemuva kokungena ejele kukammangalelwa wesine, leli cala bekufanele liqede izindaba ezihlobene nalo. Kepha hhayi. Ngokusobala bebengu-4 abathintekayo ukufinyelela ngobuningi kwama-akhawunti we-iCloud, phakathi kokunye ngo-2014 futhi lokho kuthinte inqwaba yosaziwayo.
UChristopher Brannan usolwa ngokufinyelela okungagunyaziwe kuma-akhawunti osaziwayo abehlukene ngo-2014. UBrannan uvumile ukuthi wazithola Ama-akhawunti we-200 iCloud, Facebook ne-Yahoo ukulanda imininingwane yakho efana nezithombe namavidiyo agcinwe kulawa ma-akhawunti.
Njengabo bonke abanye abamangalelwa, uBrannan usebenzise inhlanganisela yezimpendulo zokuphepha kanye ne-imeyili eyimbumbulu evela kwinkonzo yokwesekwa yakwa-Apple lapho baphinde baqondiswa khona iwebhusayithi yamanga efana ne-Apple eyodwa (esimweni salabo abathintwe yi-iCloud) futhi basebenzise isoftware ekhethekile evela enkampanini i-Elcomsoft ukulanda konke okuqukethwe okugcinwe kuma-akhawunti we-iCloud kusuka kumaseva we-Apple. Ekugcineni wazama ukuthengisa leyo datha nge-Intanethi.
Ngaphezu kokuthola ama-akhawunti amaningi osaziwayo, uBrannan usebenzise amasu afanayo ukufinyelela i-akhawunti kadadewabo kamalokazana nalawo ama-akhawunti othisha eLee-Davis High School eVirginia, lapho Wayenguthisha wezemfundo ekhethekile kwaze kwaba u-2015.
Abashushisi bavumile isigwebo sezinyanga ezingama-34 ejele sikaBrannan, isijeziso esizoqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 25, 2019. Abameli bakaBrannan bathi akayena umuntu othanda ukuzijabulisa futhi wakuthathela indawo lokho kuntuleka kokuxhumana ngokubona izithombe zempilo yabanye abantu, ngakho-ke akufanele abhalwe ukuthi ungumenzi wobulili . Njengabamangalelwa abayi-4 abedlule, uBrannan wawavuma kuphela amacala okweba amakhompyutha nawokuzazisa.