Australian Teen Hacked Apple Network
An Australian teenager hacked into Apple’s enterprise computer network, making off with 90 gigabytes of data before being discovered. He also accessed an undisclosed number of customer accounts during his year-long intrusion.
According to Australian Federal Police, they raided the teen’s home after being contacted by the FBI. In the raid, they confiscated two laptops, a mobile phone, and a hard drive with a folder named “hacky hack hack” in which the stolen documents were stored.
According to reports, the teen, who said he admired Apple and hoped to find work there, has pled guilty to charges related to the hacking and will be sentenced on September 20, 2018.
More information on the hacker is not available because, at 16, he is not yet an adult and his privacy is protected by the Children’s Court of Victoria. Details of the intrusion have not been made public because the action is the subject of an on-going criminal investigation.
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