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With the news of iPads, iPhones and Macs being hacked in the UK and Australia, find out in this video how to prevent it happening or what to do if this happens to you.
Unblock your apple passcode :
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Two Step Verfication:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5570
www.cultofmac.com
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hi I'm Steve Smith with colon Mac so
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over the last few days you've probably
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heard about the recent iPhone Ransom
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hackings in Australia basically people's
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iPhones iPads and Macs have been
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remotely locked by hackers unless money
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is transferred via Paypal asking for
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around $50 to $100 to have the iPhone
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unlocked now this isn't a new scheme
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it's been happening since 2005 and with
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PCS and laptops across the US and Europe
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but as it's all new to Apple and it's
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already been reported to spread to the
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UK with apple yet to comment on the
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problem I'm going to show you how to
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avoid it and what to do if it happens to
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you let's get
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started so before I go through all these
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tips I just want to say first off do not
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send a single dollar or Penny to the
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hackers remember it's your iPhone or
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iPad and it's not your fault it's been
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hacked so how do you avoid this
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well there's a couple of ways firstly
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make sure you've got two-step
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verification on your Apple ID the way
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these devices are being hacked is by
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gaining access to your Apple ID account
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and using find my iPhone to do this go
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to my Apple ID select manage your Apple
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ID sign in from iTunes or the Apple
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website select password and under
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security go to two-step verification
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select the get started and follow the
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onscreen instructions I would take you
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step by step through this but then I'm
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sure I'll get hacked I'm not that stupid
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secondly make sure your device has a
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passcode on if you're locked out at all
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you can unlock it just by entering the
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passcode so what if this happens to you
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well if you've got a passcode or you use
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Touch ID you can unlock it straight away
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but you might only have access for a
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couple of minutes so make sure to change
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your Apple ID password straight away
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once you've done that you leave the
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hackers high and dry if you didn't have
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a passcode and it's been locked it's
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pretty likely the hackers have added one
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for you but luckily there is a
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workaround but it ain't that pretty
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you'll need to erase your iPhone using
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either iTunes or recovery mode then use
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a backup to replace your data and
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settings on your device but then again
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don't forget to change your Apple ID
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password you can find the links below
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for Apple's howto for recovering your
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passcode well that's it for this video
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have you got any other tips to get out
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of this sticky situation or maybe it's
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happened to you if so leave a comment
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