Kerem Albayrak from north London threatened to wipe 319 million accounts except Apple gave him iTunes present playing cards price $100,000 (£76,000), BBC reported in a Dec. 2019 story.
An investigation discovered that Albayrak had not compromised Apple’s programs. He was given a two yr suspended jail sentence and ordered to do 300 hours of unpaid work.
In Mar. 2017, Albayrak emailed Apple’s safety staff, claiming to have breached tens of millions of iCloud accounts. He posted a video on YouTube that appeared to indicate him breaking into two accounts. He threatened to promote the account data, dump his database on-line and reset the accounts, except Apple paid his iTunes present card demand. Albayrak additionally stated he would settle for $75,000 price of cryptocurrency, however later elevated this to $100,000.
He was arrested at his residence in north London about two weeks after sending his risk. Apple investigated his claims however couldn’t discover proof that its programs had been compromised. Along with the 300 hours of unpaid work, he was given a six month digital curfew.
The incident was later deemed to be a part of a publicity stunt to advertise a software Albayrak was growing.
In a brand new Cybercrime Journal Podcast episode Albayrak publicly discusses his facet of the story for the primary time; he has since gone on to work in cybersecurity.
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