Apple device users are attacked by hackers remotely locking computers

It is likely that hackers have taken advantage of the "Find my iPhone" feature to hack and lock devices such as iPhone, iPad, Mac . then ransom the victim's ransom or delete the data.

Recently, many users of Apple devices such as iPhone, Mac, iPad, said their devices were suddenly attacked by hackers, threatened to delete data and demanded to pay $ 100 to reopen the device. These users are mostly in Australia. Currently in the official support forum of Apple, the topic of discussion about this is attracting a lot of users.

Specifically, hackers attacked the victim's device and left a message saying their device was "hacked by Oleg Pliss". Veritylikestea - the first user to report on this phenomenon, said his iPad "suddenly locked itself", and an iPhone user said his phone was hacked and the hacker asked him to send 100 USD to 1 new PayPal account unlocked again.

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Many other users in Australia also said that many of their Apple devices were hacked at the same time and were required to change their iCloud password. Immediately before a hacker attacks, the device generates sound and then displays the above messages. As expected, it is likely that the hacker took advantage of the "Find my iPhone" feature to send these messages.

It is possible that an Apple ID account has been controlled by hackers and they have used hacked accounts to perform the above action to blackmail users. Currently the victims are contacting Apple and carriers to help unlock the device, while Apple has not commented on the case.