Προειδοποίηση ασφαλείας προς τους χρήστες της υπηρεσίας online storage, iCloud, Apple addressed, amid reports of an attack aimed at subtheft κωδικών και δεδομένων από χρήστες στην Κίνα.
As reported in a publication on the company's support website, "we are aware of intermittent organized network attacks through the use of unsafe certificates to obtain information for users, and we take it very seriously.
These attacks have not violated them servers of iCloud, and do not affect iCloud sign in on iOS devices or Macs with os X Yosemite who use Safari." At the same time, the page lists "instructions to seafarers" regarding the issue.
There is no mention of China in this post or details of the attacks, but in recent days there have been reports of warnings to some Chinese users indicating routing to unauthorized websites when trying to enter their iCloud accounts.
According to a Guardian article, this type of attack is described as "man in the middle" and allows third parties to copy and paste codes that users enter while thinking they are entering their normal landing pages.
Chinese activists from the website greatfire.org, security experts and various media attributed the responsibility to government της χώρας, ενώ σημειώνεται ότι το περιστατικό συμπίπτει με την έναρξη της πώλησης των νέων iPhone στην Κίνα, που διαθέτουν λογισμικό με βελτιωμένα χαρακτηριστικά encryptions, for the protection of user data.
At the same time, some connect the "campaign" in question with traffic video and photos from the Hong Kong protests on the mainland.
The Chinese government, for its part, denies the accusations. As stated in a BBC article, Mrfaceof the country's foreign ministry told reporters that the country is "resolutely opposed" to hacking. Also, China Telecom, the state-owned Internet provider, called the accusations untrue and unfounded.
Source: naftemporiki.gr