New statements from Apple make it clear that they do not believe a hacker , or group of hackers , breached any of their systems . This comes after a recent report from Motherboard that a hacker gang called the `` Turkish Crime Family '' is threatening to remotely wipe up to 559 million iPhones by April 7 . The hackers claim they hold an alleged cache of stolen accounts , and their goal is to shake down Attack.Ransom the big Apple for $ 75,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum cryptocurrency . Alternatively , in lieu of those options , they will even accept Attack.Ransom $ 100,000 in iTunes gift cards ( a potentially risky option for them ) . Apple responded to the allegation that the hackers breached Attack.Databreach its systems , assuring their systems were not compromised Attack.Databreach , but did not confirm if the hackers do in fact hold Attack.Databreach an entire collection of Apple IDs and passwords . Whatever information they do have , probably came from previously comprised third-parties . `` If the list is legitimate , it was not obtained Attack.Databreach through any hack Attack.Databreach of Apple , '' an Apple spokesperson told Fortune in an email . `` There have not been any breaches Attack.Databreach in any of Apple 's systems including iCloud and Apple ID . '' Even if the data did n't come from an Apple breach Attack.Databreach , it could still mean your iCloud login details are out there . Fortune suggested that the logins could be from the LinkedIn hack Attack.Databreach , in which login info from 117 million accounts was sold on the black market site `` The Real Deal . '' Though , if the Turkish Crime Family really has 559 million accounts , well , a mere fraction of the 117 million from LinkedIn does n't really cut it . The hackers have been sending login information to media companies in an effort to gather attention to their scam . For example , The Next Web received a small fraction of the alleged data from the hackers , and cross-referenced the info with the site Have I Been Pwned , which checks to see if your email or username has been compromised Attack.Databreach in a hack . Most of the samples provided to TNW do n't appear to have been involved in the LinkedIn hack or other hacks in the Pwned database , but TNW was able to access Attack.Databreach the accounts with the login information provided by the hackers , so the info looks legitimate . They ca n't test every login , so the small sample may not be indicative of the whole . The Turkish Crime Family also noted to TNW that all conversations with Apple were actually kept private and never reported to Motherboard . Instead , the conversation between the Turkish Crime Family and Motherboard were led by a member that has now been removed for his `` inaccuracy '' and `` lack of professionalism , '' an the group denies the authenticity of Motherboard 's report . Overall , the hacking team seems to have a hard time sticking to one story . Now , the hacker group is confirming Apple 's statement that its systems have not been breached Attack.Databreach , and that the stolen data was obtained Attack.Databreach through previously compromised systems over the last five years . The Turkish Crime Family is , in fact , not contradicting Apple . They did not breach Attack.Databreach the company , nor did they ever state to Motherboard that they stole Attack.Databreach the info directly from Apple . Rather , after Motherboard 's breaking March 21 report , a breach was assumed by some news outlets such as BGR , though most media sites never directly stated that the hackers breached Apple . The Turkish Crime Family 's initial response to Motherboard , and the group 's only statement , was to extort Attack.Ransom Apple over an alleged cache of iCloud and other Apple email accounts . The group never stated where their cache of data came from until today when they contacted TNW in response to Apple .

Criminals are still trying to shake down Attack.Ransom users of the Ashley Madison dating/cheating online service . As you might remember , the service was hacked Attack.Databreach in 2015 , and the attackers stole Attack.Databreach sensitive personal and financial data of 37 million users , and later dumped it online . Since then , cyber criminals have been attempting to monetize this data by sending emails to users whose info they found in the dump , threatening to reveal all of it to the target ’ s nearest and dearest , and asking for money Attack.Ransom in exchange for silence . The emails generally contain some of the target ’ s personal data as to make the threat believable , and often claims that the attackers have found the target ’ s Facebook account and , therefore , have the means to contact their friends , family , and employer . In this latest round of blackmail attempts Attack.Ransom , they are threatening to set up a site and publish all the stolen information . “ On May 1 2017 we are launching our new site – Cheaters Gallery – exposing those who cheat and destroy families . We will launch the site with a big email to all the friends and family of cheaters taken from Facebook , LinkedIn and other social sites . This will include you if do not pay to opting out , ” the email says , as noted by ZDNet ’ s Robin Harris , who received one . The extortionists are asking for Attack.Ransom some $ 500 ( in Bitcoin ) . It ’ s impossible to tell whether these crooks are the same ones that mounted previous email blackmail attempts Attack.Ransom . What is definitely obvious is that they are betting on there still being some users with too much to lose if the information gets out . Harris did not share the contents of the email he received , but recipients can be sure that if their Facebook or other social media account isn ’ t specified in it , the blackmailers haven ’ t actually connected the two accounts . More likely than not , they have simply written a script that takes specific info from the Ashley Madison data dump Attack.Databreach , inserts it in a template email , and fires these emails off to as many recipients as possible .