Apple later reported that the victims' icloud account information was obtained using "a very targeted attack on user names, release contained photos and videos of more than 100 individuals that were allegedly obtained from file storage on hacked icloud accounts, including some the leakers claimed were a-list celebrities.. Massive 40 million icloud accounts hack could hold apple devices hostage for russian ransomware. apple’s icloud account appears to have been so severely hacked by some urbane hackers that some iphones have essentially been held hostage for russian ransomware.. The hacking group has given apple a deadline until april 7 to pay up the ransom. unless its demands are met, the group are going to start remotely wiping victim's apple devices and reset icloud accounts..
The hacker news – most popular cyber security, hacking news site: icloud backup. hackers threaten to remotely wipe 300 million iphones unless apple pays ransom. march 21, 2017 mohit kumar if you use icloud to sync your apple devices, your private data may be at risk of getting exposed or deleted by april 7th. ea games website hacked. Apple has extended the use of two-step verification checks to icloud back-ups, preventing the use of a tool to download iphone and ipad back-ups.. Apple icloud hack threat gets worse: here's what we've learned. hackers are threatening to remotely wipe an unknown number of iphones, ipads, and macs unless apple pays a ransom..