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Hacker blackmailed Apple for $100,000 wasn`t jailed

A self-proclaimed hacker, who allegedly has access to more than 300 million iCloud accounts and blackmailed the Cupertino tech giant Apple, recently, pleaded guilty in London.

Axar.az reports citing ZDNet that the 22-year-old Kerem Albayrak from North London threatened to factory reset iCloud accounts if Apple fails to give his demands. He was sentenced recently to a two-year suspended jail term, 300 hours of unpaid work, and a six-month electronic curfew, reports.

In March 2017, the self-proclaimed Apple hacker claimed to be the spokesman of a hacking group named the Turkish Crime Family. He said that he is in possession of 319 million iCloud accounts. The then 20 years old hacker gave the Cupertino company a deadline of until Apr. 7, 2017, to pay $100,000 worth of iTunes gift card or $75,000 in crypto-currency in exchange for deleting the copy of the stolen database, according to a statement from the UK National Crime Agency.

Date
2019.12.23 / 18:13
Author
Axar.az
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