{"id":9395,"date":"2014-05-28T18:37:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T02:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9395"},"modified":"2014-05-28T18:37:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T02:37:46","slug":"iphone-password-phising-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/iphone-password-phising-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"If you have not heard already, change your iphone password because of phishing hack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"poison-apple\"<\/a>The details are still dripping out, but it seems a hacker called \u2018Oleg Pliss\u2019 is accessing peoples iPhones by using your Apple iCloud account and invoke the \u2018Find My iPhone\u2019 service.\u2019\u00a0 Oleg will then lock your phone and charge you \u00a355 to unlock it.\u00a0 There is not much you can do about it right now short of reloading your phone to factory.\u00a0 However that means you need to reload all your data again.\u00a0 Its seems that the hacker got access by using phishing e-mails targeting Apple IDs.\u00a0 This is still not fully confirmed so its still a good idea to change your password to be safe.<\/p>\n

Its also safe to say many iOS users are not happy about this.\u00a0 Many people by iPhone’s because its suppose to be more secure. However, its seems this is a case of users falling for a phishing scam so its not a ‘hack’ into Apple or your phone.\u00a0 Yet one more reminder to NEVER give your password over email…. EVER!<\/p>\n

As of this writing, still no answer from Apple on how to deal with this short of taking your phone to the Apple store.<\/p>\n

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