With only days left before the hacking group 'Turkish Crime Family' plans on wiping millions of Apple devices, a member of the group has been arrested by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).

The man arrested is on suspicion of "Computer Misuse Act and extortion offences," who according to Motherboard, "may be connected to the ongoing attempted extortion of Apple by a group calling itself the Turkish Crime Family."

The group is demanding a ransom of $75,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum, or $100,000 worth of iTunes gift cards.

One of the members of Turkish Crime Family used Motherboard to share screenshots of emails between the hacking group and Apple's security team with the publication.

Apple contends that the data in possession with hackers appears to be from previously compromised third-party services, such as LinkedIn.

"Apple is actively monitoring to prevent unauthorised(sic) access to user accounts and is working with law enforcement to identify the criminals involved," Apple said in the statement.

"To protect against these type of attacks, we always recommend that users always use strong passwords, not use those same passwords across sites and turn on two-factor authentication."

According to the warrant, the man is suspected of having committed blackmail and unauthorized access of computers with the intent to commit or facilitate the commission of further offences.

Source: The Hacker News