In recent hours, a number of users from Australia had a nightmare as cyber criminals locked their devices and demanding payment of a ransom.
The locked devices show the following message "Device Hacked by Oleg Pliss" and instructs victims to send $100 dollars to lock404@hotmail.com to unlock their devices.
The cyber attack came to light, after one user from Melbourne shared his experience in Apple support forum and asked help to fix the problem. Following his post, several users have reported of being affected by this attack.
It appears hackers used stolen Apple IDs and passwords to access iCloud account that allowed them to lock victim's devices and display a message.
What you should do? Don't pay the Ransom !
Affected users are advised to contact Apple directly to regain access to their account.
Once you have access to your account, change the password immediately and enable two step authentication feature for your account.
