Remember, we recently told you that in Australia hacked a few iPhone, hackers and demanded that their victims were transferred by $ 50 to one of the PayPal account to unlock your device. So, this story, finally, will be continued. Newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Russian police have detained two young hackers to crack iPhone using iCloud. Both the attacker live in the Southern administrative district of Moscow, one of them name is Ivan, 23 years old, his accomplice - 17 years.
The Interior Ministry said that the hackers were caught during a raid when an intruder tries to pick up a machine gun the money transferred to them for the iPhone unlock. The Interior Ministry also said that one of the suspects had once been convicted of such fraud. 23-year-old Ivan insanely passionate about computers and hacking, according to mk.ru. "The young man has never studied or worked, while always looking for easy ways to earn money, "- told about it in the journal. But his accomplices almost nothing is known.
After a search in the apartment found a PC, SIM-cards, phones and books on hacking, written by hackers. The report argues that both have already confessed, however, is still not known exactly, whether these two are related to exactly what hacking in Australia or just used a similar scheme actions. Some Russian users have been victims of such an attack just a few days later the famous Australian events.
In turn, Apple said that the hacking was not involved in some sort of hole in the security system iCloud:
Apple takes security very seriously, in the incident iCloud has not been compromised. Members Compromised should change the password Apple ID as soon as possible, and do not use the same username and password for multiple services. Any users who need additional assistance may contact AppleCare or visit their nearest Apple Retail Store.
Once again I remind you that for security reasons it is necessary to change the names and passwords to various services. And also, if possible, use two-factor authentication. In addition, you can use applications such as 1Password to store all your passwords registered in the various services.