Hackers: We Will Remotely Wipe iPhones Unless Apple Pays Ransom

stapp · Mar 22, 2017

A hacker or group of hackers is apparently trying to extort Apple over alleged access to a large cache of iCloud and other Apple email accounts.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...emotely-wipe-iphones-unless-apple-pays-ransom

Minimalist · Mar 24, 2017

Apple Denies Hackers Have Breached Hundreds of Millions of Accounts

"There have not been any breaches in any of Apple's systems including iCloud and Apple ID. The alleged list of email addresses and passwords appears to have been obtained from previously compromised third-party services," Apple told users.

The tech giant added that it was actively monitoring its systems to prevent unauthorized access to user accounts. They also said they're working with law enforcement to identify the criminals involved.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/appl...hundreds-of-millions-of-accounts-514223.shtml

wshrugged · Mar 24, 2017

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ZDNet obtained a set of 54 credentials from the hacker group for verification. All the 54 accounts were valid, based on a check using the site's password reset function. (You can learn more about how we verify data breaches here.)

These accounts include "icloud.com," dating back to 2011, and legacy "me.com" and "mac.com" domains from as early as 2000. The list of credentials contained just email addresses and plain-text passwords, separated by a colon, which according to Troy Hunt, data breach expert and owner of notification site Have I Been Pwned, makes it likely that the data "could be aggregated from various sources".
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http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-icloud-ransom-what-you-need-to-know/

Minimalist · Mar 25, 2017

Experts doubt hackers’ claim of millions of breached Apple credentials

Security experts say they are skeptical that a group of hackers called Turkish Crime Family actually possess a cache of hundreds of millions of Apple iCloud account credentials. A more plausible explanation, they say, is that crooks used credential stuffing attacks to amass a limited number of valid Apple usernames and passwords in attempt to extort money from Apple.
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https://threatpost.com/experts-doubt-hackers-claim-of-millions-of-breached-apple-credentials

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