Australian hacked iPhone with «Find my Phone» applications

In Australia, some iPhone users, iPad and Mac have recently received reports that their hacked devices. At the forum the official Apple support wroteThat, most likely, the fraudsters have used «Find my Phone» app to send messages and block devices. it was written in one of the messages: "The device is hacked by Oleg Pliss» (Device hacked by Oleg Pliss). In others they require the user to transfer $ 50 to one of the PayPal account to unlock the iPhone. Some victims, faced with this unusual attack, managed to unlock their own iOS-Soup, others asked for help from Apple employees.

It is still up to the end is not clear how the scammers got access to the Apple ID, and why all affected users reside precisely in Australia. It is possible that hackers have taken advantage of some leakage of information containing email addresses and passwords, as users often use the same password when registering on the various sites. In recent months, the victims of such attacks are so big companies like eBay, Adobe, Yahoo, and Target. The incident with Apple devices is a good reminder to the user that should be used

two-factor authentication and different passwords when registering on the site.

via The Verge