Prenotice security to users of its online storage service, iCloud, Apple addressed, amid reports of an attack aimed at subtheft codes and data from users in China.
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 του iCloud, και δεν επηρεάζουν το iCloud sign in σε συσκευές iOS ή Macs με το OS X Yosemite που χρησιμοποιούν τον Safari». Παράλληλα, στη σελίδα παρατίθενται «οδηγίες προς ναυτιλομένους» σχετικά με το ζήτημα.
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 of the website greatfire.org, experts in its field better safetyς και διάφορα ΜΜΕ απέδωσαν την ευθύνη στην κυβέρνηση της χώρας, ενώ σημειώνεται ότι το περιστατικό συμπίπτει με την έναρξη της πώλησης των νέων iPhone στην Κίνα, που διαθέτουν λογισμικό με βελτιωμένα χαρακτηριστικά κρυπτογράφησης, για την προστασία των δεδομένων των χρηστών.
At the same time, some link this "campaign" with the release of videos and photos of the demonstrations in Hong Kong in the hinterland.
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
