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« on: June 03, 2020, 04:05:24 pm »

Hacker who stole employee information from Apple avoids jail

Abe Crannaford was fined A$ 5,000 for extracting information and publishing employee details on Twitter.

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An Australian man has been fined for stealing employee data from Apple.
Abe Crannaford extracted restricted employee information from Apple in 2017 and 2018.
Employee details were published on Twitter in 2018, along with links to Apple's firmware on GitHub.


An Australian man has been fined 5,000 AUD and given an 18-month "recognisance" after extracting employee data from Apple in 2017 and 2018.

As reported by Bega District News:


  A hacker who accessed confidential employee information from Apple and shared it on Twitter has escaped a jail sentence.
  Abe Crannaford, 24, appeared in Eden Local Court on Wednesday, June 3, for sentencing after pleading guilty in February to two counts of unauthorized access or modification of restricted data.


Crannaford reportedly extracted "restricted information meant for employees only" from Apple in mid-2017 and e...

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