“More than 225,000 Apple iPhone accounts hacked”

Hackers have stolen more than 225,000 Apple accounts from iPhone customers. Security company Palo Alto Networks (the company that discovered the hack on Tuesday) is calling the attack "the largest known Apple account theft caused by malware.” The good news for most iPhone customers is that the malware, nicknamed KeyRaider, only targets "jailbroken" iPhones. Jailbreaking phones can be a useful way for technologically savvy iPhone owners to customize their devices. But it also bypasses some important barriers Apple puts in place to prevent these kind of attacks from happening. The malware causing the trouble is called KeyRaider and is mostly found in Chinese websites and apps. But the malware has spread far beyond China, showing up in 18 countries, including the United States. Once infected with the KeyRaider malware, an iPhone will give up all of its owner's iTunes App Store information to the hackers, including the Apple account username, password and the iPhone's unique ID. Palo Alto Networks said victims have reported that their Apple account purchase history has displayed apps they never bought. Others say their phones have been locked, and the hackers are demanding a ransom to return access to the owners.

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