Chinese authorities busted 20 workers for selling $7.36 million worth of data from Apple’s internal servers.
Chinese police questioning one of the 22 suspects arrested over an underground network of thieves selling stolen data from Apple.
Apple makes a massive effort to keep your information from being taken by the government and outsiders — but an insider threat managed to steal millions of dollars worth of data.
According to Chinese state media, Zhejiang police arrested 20 employees from Apple’s suppliers and vendors, authorities announced on Thursday. There were 22 people arrested as part of the underground data trading network, according to Xinhua.
The 20 workers, who were employed by Apple suppliers not the company itself, reportedly had access to data, including names, phone numbers, Apple IDs and other information, which they sold for between 10 and 180 yuan, or about $2 to $27. In total, the data thieves made about 50 million yuan, which is about $7.
