The Children's Court of Victoria was told the teenager broke into Apple's mainframe - a large, powerful data processing system - from his home in the suburbs of Melbourne and downloaded 90GB of secure files, The Age reported late yesterday
A schoolboy who "dreamed" of working for Apple hacked the firm's computer systems, Australian media has reported, although the tech giant said yesterday no customer data was compromised.
The Children's Court of Victoria was told the teenager broke into Apple's mainframe - a large, powerful data processing system - from his home in the suburbs of Melbourne and downloaded 90GB of secure files, The Age reported late yesterday.
The boy, then aged 16, accessed the system multiple times over a year as he was a fan of Apple and had "dreamed of" working for the US firm, the newspaper said. Apple said in a statement that its teams "discovered the unauthorised access, contained it, and reported the incident to law enforcement". The firm said that personal data of customers was not compromised. An investigation was launched involving the FBI and the Australian Federal Police.
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