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Apple Says No Personal Data Was Compromised in Australian Teenager Hacking Incident
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Apple security. Constantly getting hacked. Lol. What a complete joke.
Getting caught is an automatic fail. Sounds like they got him pretty quick too. In this day and age I have to call this a win for Apple. Just think of all the other companies that have to be told they were hacked.
This kid committed crimes and should get what he deserves. Well, I can see that this kid definitely has extraordinary talents, but he used it in a wrong way. That's unfortunate.The only thing compromised is the kid's future
Tim’s dating list (Black Book)
Apple’s upcoming Mac Pro specs featuring Intel 8086 CPU’s.
Ive’s memo suggesting 1mm thick iMacs (thermal issues be d@mned).
Stolen schematics for Fred Flinstones bedrock cruiser (family sedan).
Files documenting the construction of the spacecraft to return Tim to his home planet (cleverly disguised as an Apple campus).
50,000 internal memos complaining that the espresso machine is busted again.
And the porn collection that has thus far kept Apple’s engineers too busy to complete the new Mac Mini and Mac Pro.
It shows that any company is vulernable to a hack. This is a serious issue for every industry and goes beyond your LOL’s and knee slapping.
Who has a better track record of protecting customer data than Apple? Samsung? Google? Microsoft?
LOLOLOL!! Now THAT is a joke.
He got it, that’s all that matters. If he got in, it’s a hack. Unauthorized entry in something you don’t have access too is a hack.Getting caught is an automatic fail. Sounds like they got him pretty quick too. In this day and age I have to call this a win for Apple. Just think of all the other companies that have to be told they were hacked.
Look at his avatar. I suppose he'd feel safer with a Google OS which is essentially a hack itself.
Stealing a pen from a bank is a successful bank robbery.
But sure let’s pretend like there’s not this thing called scale, and that it’s totally unimportant.
I'd imagine that even if he was able to break through Apple's firewall, he would still have trouble with decrypting the data regardless of the quantity and size. Just collecting 90 GB worth of encrypted data doesn't mean that he was able to actually decipher and read it.
That said, it is troubling... and if a kid can do it, then what is stopping professional and seasoned hackers from doing the same?
The only thing compromised is the kid's future
no, dozens of companies will look to hire him as a security expert, the same as many previous elite hackers.
You say this as if every piece of data used by Apple is stored in one location and accessible by everyone who gets access to any part of it. While Hollywood loves to portray hacking as that simple it’s not like that in reality.
Customer data is going to be stored in a completely separate database requiring different (much more limited and heavily tracked) than, say, the weekly menus for the Apple cafeteria.
There’s a reason for that too, locking down EVERTHING with the highest possible level of security might make hacks like these virtually impossible but it also means life becomes a nightmare for Apple employees, next to impossible to do their jobs. So you find a balance. The more important the data is, the harder it is to access and the fewer people who have access. Someone hacking in to the least protected stuff isn’t great, but it’s not that big of a deal either.
What's with everyone cheering for this guy? He's a criminal and should be punished. Do you reward burglars after they break into someone else's home? No! people shouldn't get incentives for their crimes.
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I wonder if he was just saying that, though, to garner sympathy for the little ******.
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Strange about the stars. I used a polite version of an a-word, without the obscene part typed... and it still got stars.
While I understand the sentiment of your statement - its kind of like that of Frank W. Abagnale Jr., he was so good a ripping off the banks, that working for the FBI helped stop a lot of what he did and thwart people like him by closing such gaps in criminal exploits.
well hacking their servers is one way to get your foot in the door. Lots of companies, and even the government, hire people who hacked them as cybersecurity experts.
Yep, so extraordinary... downloaded a hacking script and then posted about it on WhatsApp.
What is remarkable, never knew you could book your own prison sentence with WhatsApp!
Make his punishment, so many hours of unpaid labour, showing how he got in and giving ideas on how to stop others, then a job after that, if he wants it.
Many security firms hire career thieves to test out their products. Surely this sort of thing isn't news to you?
Exactly. I mean is that sarcasm??? One BluRay can be well over 100Gb. And can we put all the "this kid is a genius" stuff to bed now. If you do it and dont get caught you can make an argument on his intelligence. The kid had hacking software on his laptop. I seriously doubt he wrote the code. He went on some black sites and bought some or downloaded some hacking software. He used it, clearly had zero idea how to use it without revealing who he was......used it on his personal laptop from his home, no less. Then proceeded to go on chat apps and social media bragging about what he did. Are you kidding me??? Forget genius, those are actions of a moron. And dont put any of this stuf on a zip drive or portable hard drive you have stashed somewhere. No, no no. Keep it all on your laptop in a file you title.......wait for it......hacky hack hack!!!!! WTF
And there are still people commenting how smart this kid is and Apple should hire him ASAP.
This lousy comment by the lawyer could be reasonably extended into an argument that burning houses down can lead to one becoming a firefighter, shooting down people is fine because we want to work for the police, and so on.