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16 Chinese Apple contractors arrested after pocketing over 7 million selling customer info
rt.com
Chinese police have arrested 16 people as part of a wider investigation into the theft and sale of Apple customers personal information including names, email accounts and addresses.
15 of the people arrested are employees, or former employees, of Apple contractor , the Guangzhou Telecom Yingke Company, Chinese state media reported Saturday.
The company provides after sales services to Apple and the workers had access to an enormous trove of customer’s data including names, phone numbers, addresses, Apple IDs and other information.
Prosecutors say that dating back to August 2013, the suspects used the internal system to illegally siphon personal information of iPhone users. They then sold the info for between 10 yuan ($1.46) and 180 yuan ($26) a pop.
In July 2014, the ringleaders were fired by the company, but they continued to collude with remaining staff to steal information until last August.
A preliminary investigation has reportedly revealed the thieves made a staggering 50 million yuan (US$7.3 million) of profit.
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