Fraud ring that resold customers’ Apple data busted by Chinese police

Fraud ring that resold customers' Apple data busted by Chinese police

Chinese authorities have busted up a fraud ring accused of stealing customers’ Apple information and selling it online. On 7 June, police in the southern province of Zhejiang published a statement disclosing the arrest of 22 persons who are believed to have violated users’ privacy by illegally obtaining and selling their data. Those suspects gathered up customers’ names, addresses, Apple IDs, and other information. They then resold those details online, sometimes for as little as 10 yuan (US $1.50) apiece, as part of a scam worth 50 million yuan (US $7.36 million).

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