Finally some good news for a change. John Zorabedian at Sophosreportedthe following:
"The mystery of the ransom messages from "Oleg Pliss," and the iDevice locking attack that popped up in Australia and the US last month, appears to havebeen solved.
Authorities inRussia said they detainedtwo criminals behind ransom attacks on Apple users that locked their devices remotely and demanded payment to unlock them.I say "seems to have been solved" because Russian police said the hackers were responsible for the same scam on users in Russia, without mentioning victims in other countries.
The two Russian hackers - a 23-year-old and a 17-year-old from Moscow -reportedly confessedto scamming users into giving away theirApple IDs and using theFind My iPhone featureto lock the devices until the victimspaid a ransomof up to $100 USD. Russia'sMinistry...