Teenager Apple fan hacks into its secure systems
Friday - August 17, 2018 11:42 am ,
Category : BUSINESS
Teenager Apple fan hacks into its secure systems
Sydney Aug 17 (IANS) An Australian teenager pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into Apple s secure systems and said that he was a fan of the technology giant and hoped to work there one day the media reported.
The 16-year-old boy is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
"The teen who cannot be named for legal reasons broke into Apple s mainframe from his suburban home on multiple occasions over a year because he was such a fan of the company according to his lawyer " The Age reported late on Thursday.
The teenager who studies in a private school reportedly stored the saved information in a folder titled "hacky hack hack".
He was able to access authorized keys view customer accounts and download 90GB of secure files before being caught.
"The teen s defence lawyer said his client had become so well known in the international hacking community that even mentioning the case in detail could expose him to risk " the report added.
The magistrate has acknowledged the teenager s guilty plea and he is set to be sentenced next month due to the "complexities" of the case.
--IANS ksc/mag/sed
The 16-year-old boy is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
"The teen who cannot be named for legal reasons broke into Apple s mainframe from his suburban home on multiple occasions over a year because he was such a fan of the company according to his lawyer " The Age reported late on Thursday.
The teenager who studies in a private school reportedly stored the saved information in a folder titled "hacky hack hack".
He was able to access authorized keys view customer accounts and download 90GB of secure files before being caught.
"The teen s defence lawyer said his client had become so well known in the international hacking community that even mentioning the case in detail could expose him to risk " the report added.
The magistrate has acknowledged the teenager s guilty plea and he is set to be sentenced next month due to the "complexities" of the case.
--IANS ksc/mag/sed
