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Subject: [New post] Two arrested in Russia after confessing to Apple ID
ransom scheme
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:32:57 +0000
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MacDailyNews posted: "[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]"Russian authorities
say two people from Moscow have confessed to a 'ransomware' attack on a
number of Apple device owners, mainly in Australia, during May," Charles
Arthur reports for The Guardian. "An official statement on"
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Two arrested in Russia after confessing to Apple ID ransom scheme
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[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]"Russian authorities say two people from
Moscow have confessed to a 'ransomware' attack on a number of Apple
device owners, mainly in Australia, during May," Charles Arthur reports
for The Guardian.
"An official statement on the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
website says that the duo, who live in the capital, hatched the scheme,
which they carried out first by creating a 'phishing' site to collect
iCloud logins, and then locking the devices," Arthur reports. "People in
Australia woke up to find a message on their iPhone, iPad or Mac saying
"Device hacked by Oleg Pliss" and that to unlock it they should pay a
ransom of $100. Some users in New Zealand, the US and UK were also
affected. Apple had said only that the attack was not a break-in to its
iCloud system, and that the affected users' login details must have been
compromised elsewhere. It has not released figures on how many people
were affected, though data from Australia and Apple's discussions boards
seem to suggest that dozens were hit by it"
"The two perpetrators - who were not named, but who were said to have
been born in 1991 and 1998, which would make them about 23 and 16 - also
confessed to another scheme, where they would connect a new device to a
hijacked iCloud account, and then use it to acquire large amounts of
media such as music and shows – which they then advertised for sale
online. One of those arrested had previously been tried on hacking
charges, the ministry said," Arthur reports. "Russia has been a centre
for a number of criminal hackers, with organised crime sometimes
involved in schemes to break computer security systems around banks and
other high-profile organisations."
*Read more in the full article here
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/09/apple-icloud-ransomware-russia>.*
*MacDailyNews Take: *The problem was/is that some people use one
password for everything they do online and, when one thing gets
compromised (eBay, for example), everything is accessible to criminals.
Use unique passwords and Apple's Keychain Access
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1506> and iCloud Keychain
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5813?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US>
to create and manage them. When used properly, it works like a dream.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "David G." for the heads up.]
*Related articles:*
Apple: iCloud not compromised in Apple ID ransom scheme
<http://macdailynews.com/2014/05/28/apple-icloud-not-compromised-in-apple-id-ransom-scheme/>
- May 28, 2014
How to defend against ‘Oleg Pliss’ iCloud attack on Apple devices
<http://macdailynews.com/2014/05/27/how-to-defend-against-oleg-pliss-icloud-attack-on-apple-devices/>
- May 27, 2014
Australian Apple Macs, iPhones, iPads hijacked, digitally held for
ransom
<http://macdailynews.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/australian-apple-macs-iphones-ipads-hijacked-digitally-held-for-ransom/>
- May 27, 2014
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