Posted on 05/27/2014 2:16:26 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
Owners of iPhones and iPads have been targeted by a hacker who is freezing iOS devices and demanding a ransom of up to £55 to unlock them.
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"I went to check my phone and there was a message on the screen (it's still there) saying that my device(s) had been hacked by 'Oleg Pliss' and he/she/they demanded $100 USD/EUR (sent by paypal to lock404(at)hotmail.com) to return them to me.
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"Such scams have been around for years. By using the credentials to access an Apple iCloud account, the attackers can enable the 'Find My iPhone' service - this is not only able to locate a lost or stolen device, but also to set a passcode preventing third parties from accessing the personal data stored on the smartphone.
"This is clearly a form of ransomware, previously only seen on PC and, recently, on Android devices - although in these cases malware was used to trigger this behaviour. This campaign is further proof that cybercriminals are adopting criminal business models developed for the PC, applying them to new areas and fine-tuning their methods."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Good call (lol).
I have tried. But ebay won’t send me the link to change my password. I have repeatedly done this and nothing appears in my email.
Any suggestions, please?
Is it possible someone has hijacked your eBay account including changing your email address? I’d call them.
I was never contacted by eBay. I went to my account, hit the edit or change (can’t recall which) next to password, changed it and then I did gt a confirmation from eBay.
I do high end engineering and manufacturing. Sadly, the software I spend 10s of thousands of dollars on per year, is going “to the cloud.”
You may be RIGHT! The email that is partly revealed, ends with the wrong letter. Thank-you.
Let us know!
Exactly. Lol.
I guess that that would make me a spinner too. :)
And I thought that I was the only one.
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