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16 Year Old Boy Hacked Apple Servers by Wilfem(m): 5:04pm On Aug 17, 2018
Apple’s servers are widely believed to be unhackable, and to date the company hasn’t suffered any massive breach that would have exposed user data to hackers. Well, it turns out that while most hackers might not be able to get into Apple’s servers, a sixteen-year-old Australian with a passion for Apple managed to do it, stealing some 90GB of secure files and accessing customer accounts in the process. The best part is that he stored it all in a folder called “hacky hack hack.”

The teen’s defense lawyer said the kid was a huge fan of the company and wanted to work for Apple, according to The Age. His name can’t be shared because he’s still a minor, but also because he’s a well-known individual in the international hacking community. Apple, meanwhile, is “very sensitive about publicity” on the matter, and it’s quite understandable why.

Read more from the source here:
https://bgr.com/2018/08/16/apple-servers-hacked-teen-sensitive-data-year/
Re: 16 Year Old Boy Hacked Apple Servers by Benjaniblinks(m): 6:54pm On Aug 17, 2018
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