A 16-year-old boy steals over 90 GB of private data from Apple's server

by Michał Kubalczyk

A 16-year-old boy living in Melbourne, Australia hacked Apple's secure computer network system and revealed that he steals 90 GB of data.

Melbourne teen hacked into Apple's secure computer network, court told
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-teen-hacked-into-apple-s-secure-computer-network-court-told-20180816-p4zxwu.html

Australian teen stole 90 gigabytes of private data from Apple servers - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/16/17701706/apple-hack-system-australia-teen

In this case, which was revealed by Apple notifying FBI , a 16 - year - old boy is being criminal liable. A boy who is unable to publicize his name because he is a juvenile repeatedly intruded Apple's secure computer network system using his home PC and stealed over 90 GB of data over a year.

It is believed that the boy has invaded Apple's network and accessed customer account data and so on. There is a folder called "hacky hack hack" in the PC that the boy used for hacking, and the data hacked from this and the software which is supposed to be used for hacking etc. It has been found. The Australian news media The Age says, "The boy has developed software that can form a virtual tunnel to access Apple's servers while hiding the information on the hacking side, but overseas The Verge of the media wrote that "Hacking seems to have relied on some existing software."

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Apple will block immediately after discovering intruders on the network, but it seems that the boy was stealing 90 GB of data over the past year. After that, the Australian Commonwealth police investigated the boy's home and seized two Apple computers. It seems that the boy 's crime was revealed because the serial number of this terminal matched the number of the terminal that infiltrated Apple' s internal system. In addition, boys' mobile phones and hard drives have been confiscated, and it is reported that these IP addresses are consistent with those that have intruded into Apple's internal system.

The juvenile attorney is worried that "the boy has become too famous among the international hacking community", he says that there is the possibility of exposing the boy to the risk by mentioning the details of the case .