The Australian teenage who hacked Apple’s corporate servers, accessing data on multiple occasions, has avoided conviction.
A Melbourne boy who hacked into Apple sparking an FBI investigation has escaped conviction despite accessing the tech giant’s internal systems multiple times over two years.
The teenager who cannot be named due to his case being heard in the Children’s Court, pleaded guilty to hacking into the tech giant during two chunks of time between 2015 and 2017.
The boy’s father wiped away tears as the magistrate revealed no conviction would be recorded. Instead an eight month probation order was put in place.
The court heard the private school boy, who’s now 19, has since been accepted into university to study criminology and cyber safety.
The teen used VPNs and other anonymity-enhancing tools in an attempt to avoid being traced. However, Apple’s systems logged the serial numbers of the MacBooks the teen used to gain entry.
The laptops were seized, and the serial numbers of the devices matched those of the devices used to access the internal Apple systems. Authorities also seized a mobile phone and a hard drive.
Authorities say the downloaded material was all saved into a folder labeled “hacky hack hack.”
The teen – who carried out the attacks “because he was such a fan of the company” and hoped to work there.
When the hacks were revealed to the public, Apple released a statement assuring customers that their personal information wasn’t compromised.
(Via MacRumors)