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Police Arrest Man Potentially Linked to Group Threatening to Wipe Millions Of iPhones

4/11/2017

Online crime organization threatens the ability to wipe millions of iPhones.

British authorities have apprehended an individual suspected of being part of 'The Turkish Crime Family', an online crime organization that recently claimed to have access to over 300 million iCloud accounts and threatened to wipe millions of devices unless Apple paid a ransom.  Authorities hope the arrest will shed light on the organization and discourage further criminal activity. For more information, read the article here.

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