Izinsuku ezimbalwa, amabhulogi ezobuchwepheshe amaningi enanela amahlebezi lapho kuthiwa abafana baseCupertino bathola u-el ukukhwabanisa kweqembu labaduni baseTurkey, lapho kwakudingeka ukuthi badlulise u- $ 75.000 kuma-bitcoins. Laba basolwa ngokugebenga bathi bangakwazi ukufinyelela kuwo wonke ama-akhawunti enkampani ye-iCloud, abangathola ngayo yonke imininingwane yasebhange egcinwe nama-Apple ID. Impela ukube ubuzifundile izindaba ubucabanga ukuthi anginakhanda noma umsila.
Yize kuthathe isikhathi eside kunokujwayelekile, i-Apple ikuqinisekisile ngokusemthethweni lokho nganoma yisiphi isikhathi Ama-akhawunti we-iCloud afakwa engcupheni yize kusolwa ubufakazi bokuthi abaduni babebuthumele enkampanini. Ngokwesitatimende esishicilelwe kwaFortune, "ama-akhawunti e-iCloud awazange abekwe engcupheni nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, akukho ukuphulwa kwezokuphepha kunoma yiziphi izinhlelo ezihlobene ne-iCloud noma ama-Apple ID."
Okokuqala, uma isigebengu singakwazi ukufinyelela kuwo wonke ama-akhawunti we-iCloud futhiUkutakula bekungeke kube yinto ebaluleke kangako, kodwa bekungaba kwenani elikhulu kakhulu kunaleli elifunwayo. Abaduni babeyingxenye yeqembu iThe Turkish Crime Family. Izindaba zokuqala eziphathelene nalokhu kusolwa ngokugenca kwemali zithinte ama-akhawunti ayizigidi ezingama-300. Kungakapheli amahora, lelo nani lenyuka laya kuma-akhawunti ayizigidi ezingama-627.
Leli qembu belidinga i-Apple ukuthi ikhokhe ama-bitcoins angama- $ 75.000 ngaphambi kuka-Ephreli 7 noma kungenjalo bazoqala ukusula kude amadivayisi ngokwenza esidlangalaleni lonke ulwazi olugcinwe kuzo. Leli qembu lishicilelwe izivivinyo ezinqunywe yi-Apple bezingacacisinjengoba lokhu kungukuthwebula okulula kwe-imeyili.