China Phishing Apple for iCloud Information - Nationwide Attack

Chinese government is apparently phishing iCloud info with man-in-the-center attacks. Reports claim that Apple tree is now being the contempo victim of Chinese government hacking attempts falling in line of previous large tech corporations similar Microsoft and Yahoo. The government is reportedly using the infamous China'southward institutional firewall to redirect traffic coming at iCloud.com to a fake but resembling page with like interface in an attempt to go account data and stored content.

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Prc attempts to hack Apple:

This is a typical phishing attack where the redirected page is created to resemble the interface of original tricking users in giving upwardly their account information. Chinese authorities is apparently using this MITM attacks to intercept usernames and passwords of iCloud users. This would further assistance the authorities to get stored information on the iCloud including photos, contacts, and messages. Reported by GreatFire, the attack seems to be intended at Chinese users and is apparently a nationwide hacking effort congruent with Apple's launch of 6th generation iPhone in the country today.

China has remained notorious for existence an authoritarian regime keeping a very strict control over Internet for its citizens. From social networking sites to search results, authorities proceed a keen middle on what the Chinese users are accessing on the Cyberspace.GreatFirereports that the latest attack on Apple could exist to access photos and videos in the wake of Hong Kong protests.

While the attacks on Google and Yahoo enabled the authorities to snoop on what information Chinese were accessing on those two platforms, the Apple attack is unlike. If users ignored the security warning and clicked through to the Apple tree site and entered their username and countersign, this information has now been compromised by the Chinese authorities. Many Apple customers use iCloud to store their personal information, including iMessages, photos and contacts. This may also somehow be related once more to images and videos of the Hong Kong protests being shared on the mainland.

While the written report hasn't been confirmed from other sources, it carries a huge implication on Apple's relationship with China which has become quite a friendly i in recent months. GreatFire is recommending Chinese users to use trusted browsers like Chrome and Firefox which forbid users from accessing phishing accounts and detecting if a site if suffering from  MitM assail.

For more details on the attack, please visit Great Fire.

Source: https://wccftech.com/chinese-government-hacking-apple-mitm-attacks-collecting-icloud-data/

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