iCloud: rififi in the clouds

Yesterday afternoon, some users
ICLOUD had the unpleasant surprise to see that their email address @me.com
used without their knowledge. Indeed, all of their contacts received spam
from them. Not nice for users, but not nice name more for the
contacts.

It's aboutThirty people who complained about
Apple forumsTo report the problem:

The various users report that emails sent from their
account are all similar and offer to "earn money from its
computer". Some of these users add that their password is
Very complex and do not believe that it could have been hacked.

However, the emails sent are present in the mailbox of
victims indicating thatIt is their address that was
used. Little by little, some say thatThe pirates
access mailboxes without going through the passwordusing
A fault. Contacted by certain Apple victims has not officially reacted
For now.

source–forum
Apple