technologyvista: Hackers Take Apple Devices Hostage And Demand Ransom. Here’s How You Can Protect Yourself An increasing number of iPhones and iPads from around the globe are being targeted by hackers who are remotely locking their devices and asking for ransom money to unlock their phones. These type of ransomware attacks are not new, but were previously used to lock laptops and PC’s. Now it seems that hackers have gotten a little more personal and are attacking our gadgets. This latest wave of Apple attacks is being carried out by the hackers who are controlling gadgets by breaking into customers’ iCloud accounts and remotely locking the devices using the Find My iPhone feature. According to complaints from all around the world on official Apple support forums, criminals are hacking into iCloud accounts from a browser, before locating connected devices using the Find My iPhone feature and then locking them. Some people have various Apple devices all logged into the same account and therefore, face a greater loss than other victims. The hackers or hacker are using the name “Oleg Pliss”, the name of an actual software engineer in California, and are enabling Lock Mode to shut users out of their devices remotely. The Lock Mode feature lets people send messages to thieves, for example, letting them know that the phone has been locked. In this instance, the roles are reversed, with hackers sending personalized messages to demand $100 in ransom money to release the devices.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:30:00 +0000
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