{"id":760,"date":"2009-11-05T14:42:50","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T07:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/?p=760"},"modified":"2009-11-05T14:42:50","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T07:42:50","slug":"e5-deutch-hacker-cheapest-blackmail-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/e5-deutch-hacker-cheapest-blackmail-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20ac5 Deutch Hacker: cheapest blackmail ever."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running a jailbroken iPhone has its risks, as a Dutch hacker has\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3399d9; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; -webkit-transition-delay: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/gathering.tweakers.net\/forum\/list_messages\/1376420\/0\">demonstrated<\/a>. Specifically, he used a bit of port scanning to find jailbroken phones with SSH running in his native Netherlands. From there, he sent unsuspecting users a message that reads, &#8220;Your iPhone&#8217;s been hacked because it&#8217;s really insecure! Please visit doiop.com\/iHacked and secure your iPhone right now! Right now, I can access all your files.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The URL directs the users to Paypal and requests \u20ac5 in exchange for instructions that explain how to remove the hack. But how did he get in? By relying on users&#8217; forgetfulness. All iPhones have a default root password. Those who forget to change it are vulnerable to this very kind of attack.<br style=\"line-height: 0.8em;\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"jailbrokeniphoneattackmessager\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.tuaw.com\/media\/2009\/11\/jailbrokeniphoneattackmessager.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"338\" \/><br style=\"line-height: 0.8em;\" \/>Asking for money is kind of a bummer but much less obnoxious that other things he could have done. The moral of the story is pay attention and be thorough when jailbreaking your iPhone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests \u20ac5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,18],"tags":[39,15],"class_list":["post-760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-iphone-apple","tag-hacker","tag-iphone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4bBYZ-cg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762,"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepquest.code511.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}