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iPhone theft victims tricked into unlocking devices

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<p>It seems there can be further indignity foisted onto people who’ve had their iPad or iPhone stolen.</p><p>Symantec has discovered a campaign that aims to unlock Apple devices after they’ve been lost, which requires either the device’s passcode or the credentials for a person’s iCloud account.</p><p>To get in contact with victims, the criminals appear to be relying on information displayed on the lost device, wrote Joji Hamada of Symantec in a blog post (http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/cybercriminals-phish-icloud-credentials-victims-iphone-ipad-theft).</p><figure class="medium right"><a class="zoom" href="https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2015/03/iphone-scam-100571141-orig.jpg">(https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2015/03/iphone-scam-100571141-medium.jpg)[/url] <small class="credit">Symantec</small></figure>
<p>Apple’s Find My iPhone feature has a “Lost Mode” that allows users to display a message on the screen of their lost device, such as a phone number, he wrote.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2891972/iphone-theft-victims-tricked-into-unlocking-devices.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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