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gizmodo.com - 11/3/2009

Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability [IPhone]

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Many of us have jailbroken our iPhones, but did everyone remember to change the default root password? Those guilty of that oversight are vulnerable to the simple intrusion method this guy used to hold iPhones hostage in the Netherlands. Apparently all that it took to terrify many Dutch iPhone ...

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arstechnica.com - 11/3/2009

Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones "hostage" for €5

— arstechnica.com — Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones "hostage" for €5 (more) Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones "hostage" for €5

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tuaw.com - 11/4/2009

Dutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests €5

— tuaw.com — Running a jailbroken iPhone has its risks, as a Dutch hacker has demonstrated . Specifically, he used... a bit of port scanning to find jailbroken phones with SSH running in his native Netherlands. From there, he sent unsuspecting users a message that ... (more) Dutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests €5

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modmyi.com - 11/4/2009

Dutch Jailbroken iPhones "Gehackt"

— modmyi.com — A Dutch hacker gained access to a number of jailbroken iPhones that were running ssh with root... passwords set to default, and demanded €5 to restore them. He's since returned the money, but the incident highlights a common security issue with jailbroken phones. It seems likely that the ... (more) Dutch Jailbroken iPhones "Gehackt"

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If you have a jailbroken iPhone then you should definitely change the default root password! http://tinyurl.com/yguu6nq 26 days ago

RT @ursimon: you bad illegals with jailbroken #iphone make sure you changed your default password, because IDK what it is http://is.gd/4LD0C 11/5/2009

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Dutch Hacker Held Jailbroken iPhones Hostage Via Security Vulnerability
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Forget malware infections, hackers want to ransom your files and devices
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Hacker Wants to Hijack Your iPhone. Here is How to Prevent it
iPhone Download Blog — You may have heard the story a few days ago of a hacker who took a few iPhone owners hostages andpretty much blackmailed them into paying a fee. For those of you who don’t know the story, here is a quick summary, courtesy of Gizmodo. Apparently all that it took to terrify many Dutch iPhone users was a “trivial” port scanning technique and “a modicum of networking know-how.” After the hacker gained access to the jailbroken phones with unchanged root passwords and SSH enabled, he sent the pictured message which led to a ...

Jail-broken iPhones: Find the cost of freedom
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