Apple’s been hit by a weak link in its own supply chain: employees of a distributor have been detained under suspicion of selling iPhone users’ personal data on underground forums.
According to the Hong Kong Free Press, Chinese police have detained 22 people, 20 of whom were employees of a company described in a police statement as a “domestic direct sales company and outsourcing company”.
The detentions come after a months-long investigation across four Chinese provinces: Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian. The police statement said that the suspects were taken into custody and police seized what they called the gang’s “criminal tools” and dismantled their online network.