you can remember , early in 2014, Australia iPhone users are found, they are remotely lock the device, and then basically held ransom; remotely wipe the device threat, unless the owner coughed up ransom.
Unfortunately, we can almost identical incident at the cottage after another among now again, although this time around the target users are mostly located in the United States and Europe.
When this happened in 2014, because it determines the iPhone is being used remotely Find My iPhone service that had been locked and that it has seen Apple ID password violation leaked online. iCloud server hacker attacks from third parties, rather than Apple has purchased credentials are sufficient to allow an attacker to remotely lock, and then, if necessary, clean the device, unless their owners paid a ransom.
Now, a similar attack vector seems to be in the cards here, and a recent violation of Mac-Forums.com database affected iCloud login credentials although that may be the source of has not been determined
CSO security blog salted hash first began to put the pieces together for the recent spate of attacks, an attacker would outline the process in order to follow their ransom wheels in motion.
it a compromise Apple ID. From there, the attacker uses the Find My iPhone and devices placed into the victim loss pattern. At this point, they can lock the device, send messages, screen lock and trigger a sound to play and draw attention to it.
publicly reported in each case, ransom is usually $ 30 to $ 50. If the victim contacts the email address references, in addition to payment instructions, they were told they had 12 hours to comply or their data will be deleted.
now seems to be a very good time to make sure that all important accounts, especially your Apple ID, it is safe behind a password. Good, long, secure. It may be worth getting step verification , so
(Source: CSO )!
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