Amaya Toman An interesting case flared up in Melbourne, Australia this week. One of the local students was found guilty of breaking into Apple's security network. The company informed the law enforcement authorities about his act. The teenager, whose name cannot be released due to his young age, appeared in a special Australian juvenile court on Thursday to face charges of repeatedly hacking Apple's servers.
The details of the entire case are still very unclear. The juvenile offender allegedly started hacking at the age of sixteen and is responsible for, among other things, downloading 90GB of security files and unauthorized acquisition of "access keys" that users use to log in. The student tried to hide his identity using a number of methods, including network tunneling. The system worked perfectly until the young man got caught.
The events leading to the apprehension of the perpetrator were triggered when Apple managed to detect unauthorized access and block its source. The matter was subsequently brought to the attention of the FBI, which forwarded the relevant information to the Australian Federal Police, which secured a search warrant. During it, incriminating files were discovered on the laptop and on the hard drive. A mobile phone with an IP address that matched the one from which the attacks originated was also found.
The lawyer for the accused youth said that the teenage hacker was a fan of the Apple company and "dreamed of working at Apple". The student's lawyer also asked that certain details of the case not be made public because the young man is quite well-known in the hacker community and could be in trouble. Users don't have to worry about their data. "We would like to assure our customers that there was no misuse of personal data throughout the incident," Apple said in a statement.
Source: MacRumors
