Several Australian Apple users have since Monday, a remotely locked device that only against payment of the lock is removed. It comes to iPhones, iPads, MacBooks and iMacs with Apple’s iCloud were connected.
The users describe their experiences on the Apple Support Communities forum. For most users, the alarm went spontaneously. When attempting to log in on their device, they will get the message “Device hacked by Oleg Pliss”, with a phone number and the address elplock@gmx.com along with the notification that they have 100 or 50 dollars via Paypal to pay for the release of their device. Some users are multiple devices affected; changing the Apple ID password offers on a few of no avail.
Although the majority of Australian’s, also reports a Canadian user to be a victim. Users of iPhones were for it to lock on to a message from Apple’s Find my iPhone service that their phone was justified, even though it was not lost. Those who have a passcode set, would his system be able to recover by logging and a backup to restore describes the Brisbane Times. Those who have no passcode, it would be less fortunate and with locked devices with unknown passcode stuck. Apple’s customer service, nor the helpdesks of providers would can be of help to those victims.
“For us it was a iPhone and two iPads,” says one user, “We had, unfortunately, no passcodes. I have succeeded the ‘lost mode’ for the iPhone to turn off, but not for the iPads. The computer recognized the iPhone not: the system said that it still in lost mode with passcode was.”
Last week, a method was known for the connection of iOS devices to work, and then users of this method stated that Apple’s iCloud service and be able to come, without evidence to discuss. It is not known whether the current cases with this method.
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