{"id":29579,"date":"2017-03-27T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29579"},"modified":"2022-07-15T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:24:14","slug":"millions-icloud-accounts-compromised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/millions-icloud-accounts-compromised\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Claim to Have Millions of iCloud Account Credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the begining of Internet, notorious hackers keep showing up with different activities. Quite recently, a group of Britain-based hackers known as the Turkish Crime Family<\/strong> have made the headlines, as the group claims that they\u2019ve managed to get their hands on 250 million iCloud accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This incident was first brought to everyone\u2019s attention when the hacking group sent emails to various press outlets. According to reports from various sites, the Turkish Crime Family group has since demanded Apple to pay up to USD75,000 in either the Bitcoin or Ethereum cryptocurrencies<\/strong>, or provide them with USD100,000 worth of iTunes gift cards by April 7th.<\/p>\n

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Should Apple pay up, the group would delete the cache of data<\/strong> that they claim they have. On the other hand, should Apple fail to comply, the group claims that they would reset the passwords on the iCloud accounts, as well as remotely wipe the data on the victim\u2019s Apple devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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200 Million iCloud accounts will be factory reset on April 7 2017<\/p>\n

\u2014 Turkish Crime Family (@turkcrimefamily) March 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n