It has been institute that a mischievous grouping of hackers claiming to convey access to over 300 1 thou 1000 iCloud accounts is threatening Apple to remotely wipe information from those millions of Apple devices unless Apple pays it $75,000 inwards crypto-currency or $100,000 worth of iTunes gift cards.
The hacking group, who identified themselves equally 'Turkish Crime Family,' has demanded a ransom to last paid inwards Bitcoin or Ethereum, to a greater extent than or less other pop crypto-currency.
Motherboard broke this floor on Tuesday later on a hacker claiming to correspond the alleged hacking grouping shared screenshots of alleged emails betwixt the grouping together with Apple's security squad amongst the publication.
"I simply desire my money together with idea this would last an interesting study that a lot of Apple customers would last interested inwards reading together with hearing," the hacker told Motherboard.The screenshots of e-mail telephone commutation betoken that when Apple security squad asked for a sample listing of hacked concern human relationship to verify the claims, the grouping solely provided a YouTube video demonstrating access to 1 of the allegedly hacked accounts together with remotely wiping all content from the device.
However, the floor seems inconsistent, equally on its Twitter account, the grouping claims to convey access to 200 1 thou 1000 iCloud accounts, piece inwards 1 of the emails, it says to access 300 1 thou 1000 Apple e-mail accounts together with inwards another, the let out gets close double to 559 million.
At this time, it is real hard for fifty-fifty Apple to verify the claims. However, the companionship has warned the grouping proverb that it does non vantage cyber criminals for breaking the police describe together with bespeak them to take away the video equally it was "seeking unwanted attention."
The hacking grouping has given Apple a deadline until Apr seven to pay upward the ransom. Unless its demands are met, the grouping are going to commencement remotely wiping victim's Apple devices together with reset iCloud accounts.
How to Protect Your iCloud Account From Hackers
Whether the claims together with threat are existent or not, but if hackers make access to your iCloud account, they could easily download all your photos together with other individual data.
In gild to boot the bucket along your iCloud concern human relationship security from hackers, Apple users are advised to modify their iCloud passwords straightaway together with enable two-step authentication to add together an extra layer of security to your account.
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We convey already aware of the consequences iCloud accounts tin brand if they larn hacked past times malicious attackers. In 2014, iCloud hack led to The Fappening, wherein hackers flooded the Internet amongst nude photos of hundreds of woman individual celebrities, which were stored inwards their iCloud accounts.
Some people are likewise linking the Turkish Crime Family to the recent The Fappening 2.0 incident that leaked individual photographs of many celebrities, including Emma Watson together with Mc Rose, final week.
However, in that place is no testify to advise the blackmail stimulate had anything to create amongst The Fappening 2.0 attack.
