Turkish Hacker blackmailed Apple, Gain Access of 300mn iPhones
San Francisco, 23rd Dec. 2019: A self-proclaimed hacker who held over 300 million iPhones to ransom after gaining access to their iCloud details and threatening to factory reset their iPhones has pleaded guilty to blackmailing the Cupertino-based tech giant.
Kerem Albayrak, 22, claiming to be a member of the 'Turkish Crime Family' hacking group, tried to blackmail Apple after threatening to delete hundreds of millions of Apple accounts, Forbes reported on Sunday.
Albayrak was sentenced last week to two-year suspended jail term, along with 300 hours of unpaid work and an electronic curfew for six months, at Southwark Crown Court in London.
"While iPhone users have recently been warned that they need to update to iOS 13.3 or risk getting locked out of their devices, Albayrak propose...