The "Find My iPhone" feature in iOS can be a great help for those who lost their device, if it be left in a bar or just hide under a sofa cushion, you can use the Find My iPhone site for the phone play a sound or display a message.
In addition, you can also remotely lock your iPhone and delete the contents to prevent thieves from accessing any of the phone data. This is the function that has recently received much attention to the fact that hackers and scammers use this function as a way of trying to get money from users who have their accounts iCloud get commitment.
The scammer and / or hackers which may endanger a iCloud account, just a remote lock command by.'s Web site Find My iPhone with the username and password of the victim iCloud
After connecting to rogue hackers or iCloud Find My iPhone website to the victim "lost" mode-lock with 4-digit PIN of your choice to place the iPhone, and displays a message on the lock screen for phone information ransom. The victim is the (block by a message on the screen), if they pay the ransom, you will receive a code to unlock the phone.
How can you avoid becoming a victim of fraud iPhone Lock Ransom?
Create a strong password for the account iCloud
Hackers have a login and password iCloud erode fraud.
It seems that the current batch of iPhone devices block rescue fraud by hackers who perpetrated easy to walk iCloud account password of the victim.
It is crucial that your iCloud password is very strong. Be sure to use letters, numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters and special characters when you type your password. The longer and more random the password, the better. Check out our article on how to create a strong password for some additional information on the construction of a password.
Enable a passcode lock on the iPhone
Another way to thwart hackers lock you out of your own machine is that you to configure a password to lock your phone PIN to verify.
Find My iPhone app is apparently only the attacker to create a PIN to lock the device, if you have not yet established. If you already have a PIN lock enabled device, so that the one that they use to blackmail the camera will not replace it.
The use of Apple two-step verification option
Another step you can take to avoid to improve safety and help a victim of fraud Lock Ransom is to enable two-step verification from Apple. When activated, 4-digit code is required to enter when the connection attempt to make changes to your Apple ID to make a purchase via iTunes, etc. This code will help via SMS and / or Find My iPhone, a more layer of security to your account.
Learn two-step verification Apple FAQ page for more information on how the audit process works in two steps and to enable
What should I do if my iCloud account has been compromised
Whatever you do, do not pay the ransom. Control your own first and set a strong password, and follow the instructions from Apple to reset the device is locked and restore its contents from the last backup.
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