A Dutch-Moroccan team of hackers calling itself “” have reportedly claimed to hack a protective feature on Apple’s iCloud system, that could leverage an attacker to remove security measures on lost or stolen iPhone devices. The group reportedly contacted Apple about this vulnerability back in March, but Apple never responded. This is the first time when any hacker group has managed to compromise Apple’s highly secured iCloud service. The hackers claim to have unlocked more than 30,000 stolen iPhones in the last few days.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/05/apple-icloud-and-activation-lock-hacked.html