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Hackers Threaten to Wipe Out Millions of iCloud Accounts if Apple doesn’t Pay $75K
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Hackers Threaten to Wipe Out Millions of iCloud Accounts if Apple doesn't Pay $75K

zedgevip · March 22, 2017

A group of hackers are trying to extort Apple with the threat of wiping out thousands of iCloud accounts and remotely resetting iPhones. They say they’ll follow through if Apple doesn’t pay up US$75,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum by April 7th.

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