Dutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests €5
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Running a jailbroken iPhone has its risks, as a Dutch hacker has demonstrated. Specifically, he used a bit of port scanning to find jailbroken phones with SSH running in his native Netherlands. From there, he sent unsuspecting users a message that reads, "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your iPhone right now! Right now, I can access all your files." ...
Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones, asks for $7
Crave: The gadget blog —
... This is a screenshot of the SMS the hacked iPhone users received.
(Credit:
Tweakers.net)
A hacker in the Netherlands broke into some jailbroken iPhones and sent text messages to the owners asking them to pay to find out how to secure their ...
Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones and asks for money
iPhone Atlas —
... A hacker in The Netherlands broke into some jailbroken iPhones and sent text messages to the owners asking them to pay to find out how to secure their phones, according to postings in a Dutch forum called Tweakers.net. ...
Hacker Holds Dutch iPhones for Petty Ransom
Gadget Lab —
... Displayed in the screenshot to the right, the hacker’s security message contained a URL directing iPhone owners to send money to a PayPal account. The directions have since been removed, as the site appears to have been reported to the internet service provider. ...
Jailbroken iPhones Ransomed by Dutch Hacker
HotHardware.com News Rss Feed —
... , as Apple believes. According to a forum post , the hacker broke into jailbroken iPhones on T-mobile Netherlands. Typically, SSH is turned on or jailbroken iPhones, allowing a user to log in via Terminal and run standard UNIX commands. However, if you want to do that, you really need to change the default root password. As is the case with many routers, which can be broken into the same way if unprotected, iPhones all have a default root password that many forget to change after jailbreaking. [image] Using this knowledge, the hacker then sent what appears to be an SMS ...
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