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Old 05-30-2014, 07:08 AM
 
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Curious to see how this plays out...

Apple iOS ransomware mystery deepens – “Oleg Pliss” pops up in LA | Naked Security
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:06 AM
 
Location: Sierra Nevada Land, CA
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If you turn off "find my phone" Oleg can't lock your phone.
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:08 AM
 
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If you turn off "find my phone" Oleg can't lock your phone.
Neither can you, unless you can turn it on and off without access to the phone, no clue as I don't have an iPhone

And it's currently unknown as to how exactly this is happening.
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Sierra Nevada Land, CA
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Neither can you, unless you can turn it on and off without access to the phone, no clue as I don't have an iPhone

And it's currently unknown as to how exactly this is happening.
Easy to do on my iPhone. Settings>iClould>Find My iPhone and turn it off. But you have to turn it off now, not when Oleg hacks your account.

All one needs is a user name and password and an iPhone with the "Find My iPhone" app. I can be mean and lock my wife's phone as we speak (but I won't ).
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:16 AM
 
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Easy to do on my iPhone. Settings>iClould>Find My iPhone and turn it off. But you have to turn it off now, not when Oleg hacks your account.
Yes, but my point was if you lose your phone then you can no longer lock it yourself.
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:21 AM
 
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Yes, but my point was if you lose your phone then you can no longer lock it yourself.
Well, true. One has to weigh the risks.

I have never lost a phone since my first one in the 1990s. If this hacking thing starts to take off, I will turn of both of our find my iPhone feature 'till this blows over.
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Old 06-10-2014, 07:13 AM
 
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Seems that again, the end user is the weak link. A simple phishing scam was all it took (in Russia at least).

Ransom-taking iPhone hackers busted by Russian authorities | Naked Security
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