Today in the morning, a number of Australian users of Apple devices (Connected to iCloud) found their devices locked. Really this is a shock-full news.
Customers find their Apple products like phones, tablets, and even laptops and desktops showing a message originating in Apple’s find my device service that states “Device hacked by Oleg Pliss” and the usersend US$100 to unlock the device.
According to the reports, the attack was initiated in the early hours of the morning across Australian, one user named ‘deskokat’ reporting that being woken up at 4:30AM with the associated ‘hacked by Oleg Pliss’ message and sounds being played out of their iPad.
“I thought it was the morning alarm. I just signed in with my code, and all seems ok. I then signed in to my powerbook — but as a guest user — VERY grateful I did,” deskokat wrote.
“Message to say I’d been hacked there too, wouldn’t let me sign out without erasing all data for that user. As there was nothing but a couple of expendable files on there, I signed out. And the guest user portal has been erased. I then went into my own (password protected) desktop, no hacking message. Have changed my Apple ID password.”
Users reportedly receiving messages in their hotmail account stating the ‘LOST’ Status applied to their devices.
In the meantime, as per the Apple reports—You can contact Apple care for any help.
At the time of writing, it is not disclosed, How it happened, it is believed that hackers have gained access to the users’ Apple ID credentials, which able hackers to open all the security doors of Apple Devices.
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