The ransom in bitcoin: hackers gave Apple a deadline to 7 April, otherwise irreparable happens
Uncategorized March 22, 2017Hackers said to Apple that hacked hundreds of millions of accounts associated with different devices Apple, reports Motherboard.
To confirm his words, cyber criminals posted on the Internet a video in which they show how cracked account.
The attackers threatened to erase all the information from the compromised accounts, if the company refuses to pay the ransom. As ransom, the criminals demanded 75 thousand dollars in bitcoins or episiotomy (kinds of cryptocurrency). also they agree to a gift card to the Apple iTunes in the amount of 100 thousand dollars.
In case of refusal to pay the ransom, the hackers said that on April 7 cancels all information from the compromised accounts.
The company has responded to the threat of cybercriminals and stated that it was not going to pay the burglars.
“First, we ask you to delete the video you uploaded to your YouTube channel, because it attracts unwanted attention. Secondly, we would like to inform you that we do not reward criminals for breaking the law,” said one of the employees of the Corporation.
Hackers who identified themselves as Turkish Crime Family, said that at their disposal about 300 million accounts, and one of the participants spoke about 550 million.
Before it was reported that the owner of the iPhone 7 from China suffered from the explosion of the phone. The man suffered severe injuries to the face and finger.