A hacker group named "Turkish Crime Family" has reportedly threatened Apple to delete more than 300 million accounts in iCloud if the company fails to settle the demanded amount. However, the Cupertino giant claims that for once they have not become a victim of any security breaches but advise all iCloud owners to change all their account passwords.

Apple is reportedly the latest victim of extortion of a hacker group who claim to have been logged into several iCloud accounts using the stolen credentials. In an uploaded YouTube video, the hackers even show the screenshots of their communication with the company's security team, CNET reported.

In relation to that, the hackers claimed an access to over 300 million iCloud accounts and threatened to reset them if Apple refuses to settle the $75,000 in bitcoin by April 7 and $100,000 for iTunes gift cards. One of the members of the Turkish Crime Family said in an interview with Motherboard that he only wants his money and that it could be an issue where most Apple customers might be interested on.

Apple on the other hand said that the purported email addresses have been allegedly obtained from the previous third-party services that were compromised but they are working with the authorities to reveal the identity of the said hackers. The company also advises the iCloud account owners to not to panic as screenshots and emails can be easily faked.

However, to avoid hacking incidences in the future, iCloud account owners are advised to change their passwords or even reset it if they are concerned about their account's security. According to Forbes, enabling the two-factor authentication will also make it difficult for the hackers to compromise the account.

The following video tutorial will teach you how to set-up a two-factor account authentication both in iOS and macOS devices.

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