a security warning to users of its online storage service, iCloud, amid reports of an attack aimed at stealing passwords and data from users in China.
As stated in a post on the company's support website, “we are aware of intermittent organized network attacks using insecure certificates to obtain information about users, and we take it very seriously.”.
These attacks have not compromised the iCloud servers, and do not affect iCloud sign in on iOS devices or Macs with OS X Yosemite that use Safari». Additionally, the page lists «instructions for the affected» regarding the issue.
In this post there is no reference to China nor are details about the attacks provided, however in recent days there have been reports of warnings to some Chinese users that indicated redirection to unauthorized websites when they tried to log into their iCloud accounts.
As mentioned in a related Guardian article, this type of attack is characterized «man in the middle» and allows «third parties» to copy and intercept passwords that users enter while they think they are accessing the normal pages- destinations.
Chinese activists of the website greatfire.org, security experts and various media outlets blamed the government of the country, noting that the incident coincides with the launch of the sale of the new iPhones in China, which have software with enhanced encryption features, to protect user data.
Meanwhile, some link this «campaign» to the release of videos and photos from the protests in Hong Kong in the mainland.
The Chinese government on its part denies the accusations. As reported in a BBC publication, a spokesperson from the country's Foreign Ministry told journalists that the country is «decisively opposed» to hacking. Also, China Telecom, the state Internet provider, described the accusations as false and unfounded.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
