My takeaway from this is that low-level Apple employees have access to very sensitive closed-source operating system code that could potentially be used by the FBI and other government institutions (not just American but abroad) to help them discover vulnerabilities that would undermine the security of our devices.
They really need to step up security if they haven't already done so because this is plainly ridiculous when weighed against Apple (and Tim Cook's) security rhetoric regarding the FBI and back-doors. The FBI won't need a backdoor if they can just bribe an intern to lift Apples firmware and signing keys covertly (Not that I'm suggesting the intern had access to Apple code signing certificates but it's within the realm of possibility considering what he did manage to ex-filtrate).
They really need to step up security if they haven't already done so because this is plainly ridiculous when weighed against Apple (and Tim Cook's) security rhetoric regarding the FBI and back-doors. The FBI won't need a backdoor if they can just bribe an intern to lift Apples firmware and signing keys covertly (Not that I'm suggesting the intern had access to Apple code signing certificates but it's within the realm of possibility considering what he did manage to ex-filtrate).