A larger group of Australian Apple users of both Macs and iOS report that they have suffered a hack that unlocks their devices. The Sydney Morning Herald writes.
Multiple users writing online, they suddenly feel that their devices are locked and a message comes up on the screen, urging them to pay between 50 and 100 dollars to an anonymous Paypal account to have the device opened up again.
Hacker acquisition was said to have been made possible through Apple's Find my iPhone feature that lets users lock phones remotely, if one may have lost it or it was stolen.
according to security researcher Troy Hunt, the newspaper has talked to, so there should not be talking about another hole in Apple's system, but it could prove to be the aftermath of previous leaks that now affects users.
It can easily because many users today never got switched their username in one of the numerous hacker attacks that have taken place over the years. A scary Much users remain even still the same username and password across services, and it pays the price for that is now.
Sydney Morning Herald reports that there is so far a dozens of users that have been affected and locked out. Users are advised to contact Apple immediately.
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