Michal Ždanský A few days ago, he published a Chinese anti-censorship blog Great fire information that the Chinese government is trying to obtain Apple ID email addresses and passwords by redirecting iCloud.com. It apparently uses the Great Firewall of China to do this and promotes a fake page that at first glance looks similar to the real iCloud portal interface.
However, by entering their credentials, users instead of logging into the service are sending their data to the Chinese government, enabling the spying on Chinese citizens that Apple has made much more difficult, if not impossible, with the new iOS devices and iOS 8. After all, the security is so good that even the FBI objected to it and called the iPhone a phone suitable for criminals and pedophiles, since it cannot be used to listen to text messages from iMessage or FaceTime calls.
According to the server Great fire it is China's response to the increased security of iOS devices. Similar attacks on your service Live Microsoft also noted. Some browsers, such as Chrome or Firefox, warn against this redirect phishing, but the popular Chinese browser Qihoo does not display any warnings. The government of the People's Democratic Republic of China denied the attack. Great Fire further claims that in response to the situation, Apple redirected user data to protect it from hacking.
According to the agency Reuters Tim Cook traveled to China to discuss user data security with senior government officials. During the meeting in Beijing's Chongnanhai, the building of the Chinese Central Government, Tim Cook and Vice Premier Ma Kai exchanged their views on the protection of user data, and the strengthening of cooperation between Cupertino and China in the field of information and communication was also discussed. Apple declined to comment on the iCloud.com phishing situation in China and Tim Cook's meeting in Beijing.
"During the meeting in Beijing's Chongnanhai, the building of the Chinese Central Government, Tim Cook and Vice Premier Ma Kai exchanged their views on the protection of users' data, the strengthening of cooperation between Cupertino and China and the field of information and communication was also discussed. "
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