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Title: News: Hackers claim to have access to millions of iCloud accounts, demand ransom from Apple
Post by: HCK on March 22, 2017, 04:05:27 pm
News: Hackers claim to have access to millions of iCloud accounts, demand ransom from Apple

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               Hackers identifying themselves as the “Turkish Crime Family” claim to have access to millions of iCloud accounts and are threatening to remotely wipe victims’ devices unless Apple pays them a ransom, Motherboard reports. The hackers have demanded either $100,000 worth of iTunes gift cards or $75,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum to delete the data they claim to have stolen. One hacker provided unverified screenshots of email exchanges with…

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