Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Apple - 'Find My Phone' reportedly misused to hack iPhone, iPad, Macbooks

Recently hackers from Australia are using the Find my phone service to, hack iOS devices and ask for $50 to pay to unlock the device


According to The Verge, some fraudsters are using Apple's 'Find my phone' service to, hack devices and send messages, seeking 50 dollars PayPal payment as ransom money.
However, there is also the possibility that some of username and password might leak which they have used to lock the device. As the cases reported were low.

An Apple spokesperson said that iCloud was not compromised during this incident and advised users to change their passwords.

The thread was created in apple community where people are sharing the issue and its live


You can access the thread by clicking here

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