One thing Apple and iPhone always boast about is their security and privacy. But when the news comes out that around 225,000 iCloud accounts may have been compromised by the malware used for stealth attacks then, it is a matter of concern for sure. The malware causing this huge iCloud account data theft is known as KeyRaider.
All those affected iCloud accounts are said to be from eighteen different countries including China, France, Australia, Israel, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Singapore etc. The only relief here is that the only jailbroken Ios devices are affected by this iCloud account data theft. So if you iPhone is jailbroken and you install pirated jailbreak tweaks then, chances are high that you are affected.
But still it would be great to check and confirm whether your iCloud account is affected by this one of the biggest Apple data theft. Fortunately, there is a method available to check whether your iCloud account data is affected by this data theft or not.
There is a web-based tool available which checks whether your iCloud account is affected by this malware or not. The process is simple and takes very less time. If you would like to check whether your iCloud account was affected by the KeyRaider iCloud account data theft or not, just follow the steps given below.
1. First of all, turn on the Two-Step Verification process in your iCloud and Apple accounts.
2. Go to www.weiptech.org
3. The site is in Chinese, so use Google Translate to translate the whole page or the default in-built translator which comes with Chrome browser if you want to read the text on the page.
4. Enter your email in the text field given and click on the button next to it as shown in the image above.
5. The tool will generate the result and show it right below the email field text. Just copy and paste the text in Google Translate if the page is in Chinese. If it is in English, you should be seeing result regarding your iCloud account.
All those affected iCloud accounts are said to be from eighteen different countries including China, France, Australia, Israel, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Singapore etc. The only relief here is that the only jailbroken Ios devices are affected by this iCloud account data theft. So if you iPhone is jailbroken and you install pirated jailbreak tweaks then, chances are high that you are affected.
But still it would be great to check and confirm whether your iCloud account is affected by this one of the biggest Apple data theft. Fortunately, there is a method available to check whether your iCloud account data is affected by this data theft or not.
There is a web-based tool available which checks whether your iCloud account is affected by this malware or not. The process is simple and takes very less time. If you would like to check whether your iCloud account was affected by the KeyRaider iCloud account data theft or not, just follow the steps given below.
HOW TO : Check if You are Affected by KeyRaider aPPLE iCloud Account Data Theft
1. First of all, turn on the Two-Step Verification process in your iCloud and Apple accounts.
2. Go to www.weiptech.org
3. The site is in Chinese, so use Google Translate to translate the whole page or the default in-built translator which comes with Chrome browser if you want to read the text on the page.
4. Enter your email in the text field given and click on the button next to it as shown in the image above.
5. The tool will generate the result and show it right below the email field text. Just copy and paste the text in Google Translate if the page is in Chinese. If it is in English, you should be seeing result regarding your iCloud account.