‘KeyRaider’ Malware Steals Record 225K iOS Logins, Holds iPhones For “Ransom”

A malware family dubbed ‘KeyRaider’ has stolen over 225,000 iOS account login credentials, mostly from Chinese jailbroken iPhones, according to a report released this week from Palo Alto Networks.

The breach is the biggest so far in the history of iOS devices, and has affected users in 18 countries total. According to the report, up to 20,000 users are taking advantage of the tweaks that use stolen data to download and pay for items from the iTunes App store.

“The purpose of this attack was to make it possible for users of two iOS jailbreak tweaks to download applications from the official App Store and make in-app purchases without actually paying,” said Palo Alto in a blog post.

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