[QUOTE]The attackers demanded £100 in the form of an iTunes gift card[/QUOTE]
lol
This is the digital equivalent of robbing a convenience store using your finger under a coat
[QUOTE=Talvy;52027909]lol[/QUOTE]
"You need to pay the IRS. Please go to your local RiteAid and get a Visa Moneypak card and fill it with $5000"
But but Apple products don't get virus guys. The guy at the Genius Bar said so. Are you trying to tell me that a [I]genius[/I] is wrong?
Well the ransomware is fake. You can't download third-party software without jailbreak, so you can only really get malware through a zero-day exploit.
[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;52028515]But but Apple products don't get virus guys. The guy at the Genius Bar said so. Are you trying to tell me that a [I]genius[/I] is wrong?[/QUOTE]
No matter how protected something is, you can't protect against stupidity.
[QUOTE=Talvy;52028579]Well the ransomware is fake. You can't download third-party software without jailbreak, so you can only really get malware through a zero-day exploit.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much this. Apple products can definitely get viruses, but in terms of iOS devices it's incredibly difficult without a zero-day exploit. It's a big selling-point for Apple, the amount of computers I've had to remove viruses from for non-technically inclined people is ridiculous, but give them an iPad and they'll be fine. The worst that they end up doing is installing some app which sends them loads of notifications, which is as simple as either removing the app or disabling notifications for said app
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