Ένας αριθμός χρηστών στην Αυστραλία ξύπνησε χθες και βρήκε τις i-συσκευές του hacked από κάποιον “Oleg Pliss” που ζητούσε ως λύτρα $ 100 / € 100 σε ένα account PayPal για να αφήσει την συσκευή ξεκλείδωτη. Υπάρχει ένας πραγματικός Oleg Pliss και είναι μηχανικός λογισμικού που εργάζεται στην Oracle but it's definitely not that hacker.
The ransom for ransom money has been confirmed by its users Apple Community Support , where a customer (named veritylikestea in the Apple forum) relays his experience as follows:
“I was working on my ipad a while ago when it suddenly locked itself without me asking it to do so. I went to check my phone and there was one message on the screen (it's still there), saying that my device(s) had been scratched by “Oleg Pliss” and he/she/they demanded $100 USD/EUR […] to return it to me”.
“Έχω ακριβώς το ίδιο πρόβλημα, με το ίδιο μήνυμα από τον “Oleg Pliss”, γράφει ένας άλλος χρήστης με το όνομα Rojmer. «Υποθέτω ότι μπορώ να διαγράψω τα πάνντα στο τηλέφωνό μου, αλλά μπορεί να γίνει κάτι καλύτερο από αυτό; Έχω αλλάξει τον κωδικό μου στο iCloud".
iPad, iPhone and Mac computers in Queensland, NSW, West Australia, South Australia and Victoria have reported being held hostage.
Of course one security solution that will prevent hackers from holding you hostage is to use the two-factor authentication that Apple offers to its customers according to http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5570.
The Sydney Morning Herald he says that the IT security expert Mr Troy Hunt says hackers use missing login credentials from recent data breaches. In essence, this is done: Using the same password on multiple online services may put you at risk.
"It's very likely that all of this is happening because some people are using the same password they found in another service," Hunt said. "Whether or not you find it very difficult to guess a password, if it has been exposed to another service or if you have been exposed to unencrypted data, then you are endangering any other service that has the same password."
