11756 Arrested in China Apple employees sold personal data of customers 7.36 million dollars

Arrested in China Apple employees sold personal data of customers 7.36 million dollars



Chinese security forces arrested an illegal group of 22 people, which sold the personal data of users of smartphones and computers. The vast number of attackers (20 of 22) were employees of Apple.

Арестованные в Китае сотрудники Apple продали личные данные клиентов на 7,36 млн долларов

Chinese security forces arrested an illegal group of 22 people, which sold the personal data of users of smartphones and computers. The vast number of attackers (20 of 22) were employees of Apple.

Cybercriminals from Apple

Captured workers of the American company traded in thefts in four regions of China. They used the Apple internal system for collecting information about customers (names, passwords, account data Apple ID, etc.), copied it and sold on the black market. It is unknown how long they were doing that, but there is information about the earned money. Cybercriminal group managed to sell the stolen data, totaling 7.66 million U.S. dollars. On criminals for trial, and the punishment will be known later.

Source: PatentlyApple

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