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06-11-2014, 02:24 AM
Russian ******s Reportedly Confess to 'Find My iPhone' Ransom Plot
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Two alleged Russian ******s have reportedly confessed to remotely hacking users' Apple devices and holding them for ransom.
Authorities are holding a 17-year-old and 23-year-old from Moscow on accusations related to locking Apple devices and demanding payment for users to access them again, according to a Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/******s-suspected-of-holding-apple-devices-to-ransom-detained-in-russia-20140610-zs2bm.htmls) report.
See also: The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right **w (http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The confession comes just weeks after news surfaced that various Apple device owners in Australia said their phones had been hacked (http://mashable.com/2014/05/27/australian-******s-ios-ransom/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and received an omi**us message asking for $50 to be transferred to a PayPal account. Device owners said their "Find My iPhone" alarm started wailing at the same time, while the prompt said the hacking was done by "Oleg Pliss." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/apple-******s-ransom-arrested/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Two alleged Russian ******s have reportedly confessed to remotely hacking users' Apple devices and holding them for ransom.
Authorities are holding a 17-year-old and 23-year-old from Moscow on accusations related to locking Apple devices and demanding payment for users to access them again, according to a Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/******s-suspected-of-holding-apple-devices-to-ransom-detained-in-russia-20140610-zs2bm.htmls) report.
See also: The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right **w (http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The confession comes just weeks after news surfaced that various Apple device owners in Australia said their phones had been hacked (http://mashable.com/2014/05/27/australian-******s-ios-ransom/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and received an omi**us message asking for $50 to be transferred to a PayPal account. Device owners said their "Find My iPhone" alarm started wailing at the same time, while the prompt said the hacking was done by "Oleg Pliss." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/apple-******s-ransom-arrested/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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