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Hacked iPhones held hostage for 5 Euros

A Dutch hacker broke into jailbroken Apple iPhones and displayed a message demanding a 5 Euro ransom be paid. A further message demanded that 5 Euros be paid to the hackers PayPal account. The importance of properly securing mobile devices has been underlined once again, after a Dutch hacker used port scanning to identify jailbroken iPhones with SSH running on the T-mobile Netherlands network. The hacker changed the wallpaper on compromised iPhones so they displayed the following message:Important Warning. Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and dsecure your iPhone right now!”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/hacked-iphones-held-hostage-5-euros/

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