Jailbreaking pirates popped in world's largest iCloud raid - 225,000 accounts hit
The largest Apple iCloud raid in history has seen nearly a quarter of a million accounts compromised by malware targeting app pirates.
The hack spree, affecting at least 225,000 valid Apple cloud accounts, is hitting jailbroken iThings – devices that have had Cupertino's strict device security controls bypassed and disabled.
Jailbreaking is popular but actively smothered by Apple which releases iOS updates to squash exploits necessary for jailbreaking devices. People install jailbreak tools to use additional iThing tweaks available through the alternative Cydia store, and – for some – to pirate software by installing ripped-off apps for free.
