Turkish Crime Family said that Apple had paid ransom

Almost all IT experts doubt the authenticity of evidence presented by extortionists to obtain the translation from Apple. In March we reported that the hacker group Turkish Crime Family announced that it has access to user accounts to iCloud and threatened to remotely wipe data from iPhone-they related to the electronic cloud if to August 7 this year is not paid ransom amounting to $ 150 000, a sum later increased to $ 500 000. Late last week, hacker group released a message on Twitter, that Apple has agreed to their terms and paid $ 480 000 in Bitcoin. As proof extortionists provide a link to the popular Bitcoin wallet Blockchain.info, where he sees a similar transaction.

Despite these data, experts doubt their authenticity. It is hard to believe that Apple suddenly has agreed and has fulfilled the conditions of Turkish Crime Family. A rogues statements sparked suspicion cofounder Chainalysis Dzhonatan Levin developer of specialized software to prevent money laundering through Bitcoin. The expert noted that the transaction in question link leads to an internal transaction within the same Bitcoin Exchange. Apple has not commented but has previously said that no breakthroughs in iCloud and other online services will not.

Criminals attacked thousands MongoDB installations

Late last year, developer of information security alarms for single cases in which criminals attack and steal database based on MongoDB, demanding ransom for their return. The cases have become more frequent and it significantly, we understand from Mackeeper Publication in Security Week.

In the past days, the number of attacked MongoDB instances has grown to over 10,000, and now there are several organized cybercrime groups carrying out attacks. What is the attack? The attacking side is looking for Internet spectrum for MongoDB installations, then steal data stored in them and replace them with a message containing WARNING. In most cases, the ransom amount to 0.2 Bitcoin (just over $ 175), and judging by page portfolio of criminals more than 20 companies have paid the amount to get back access to your information. The newspaper reports that to date have compromised more than 8500 installations of the software by criminals recently changed the email address and the address of their Bitcoin wallet. According Mackeeper, one of the stolen database belongs to a health institution - of Emory Healthcare - which were probably stolen over 200 000 records. The concern is that cases of compromised systems is increasing, and the number of groups who attack them, and thus demands a ransom. The company advised not to pay ransom to the criminals, in some cases, databases were directly deleted. By MongoDB blogging site recommendations for best practices for managing MongoDB installations that will keep safely administered their data.