Re:Developer account removed by Apple – $108,878 frozen
by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday November 23, 2023 @04:47PM
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I had a friend that just got pretty severely pwned on his Mac.
They installed some kind of DNS redirector, so, when he thought he was contacting Apple, he was actually talking to a scammer.
Their customer service was great, which I told him, should have been a red flag.
In any case, he was able to extricate himself from the scammers, but not before they had grabbed a bunch of PiD, so he’s still dealing with the whole identity theft issue.
Not sure how he got owned. Likely, some drive-by malware on a Web site. He basically uses Safari as his operating system.
They installed some kind of DNS redirector, so, when he thought he was contacting Apple, he was actually talking to a scammer.
Their customer service was great, which I told him, should have been a red flag.
In any case, he was able to extricate himself from the scammers, but not before they had grabbed a bunch of PiD, so he’s still dealing with the whole identity theft issue.
Not sure how he got owned. Likely, some drive-by malware on a Web site. He basically uses Safari as his operating system.