[Global Network Technology Report] Following Apple’s receipt of a “Tourism Fee†for Internet users suspected of using monopoly status to engage in unfair competition, Apple has also been exposed by Apple’s employees in the scandal of selling citizen’s information.
According to media reports, the Cangnan Police, through analysis and judgment, recently uncovered a case of illegally obtaining computer information system data and infringing on personal information of citizens, and arrested 22 criminal suspects, successfully destroying the underground industrial chain.
According to reports, in January this year, the Cangnan police discovered during the investigation that there were Apple’s domestic employees suspected of illegally obtaining personal information related to Apple’s mobile phones and selling them on the Internet. The amount involved was huge. Immediately afterwards, the Cangnan police started the detection work with the aim of chasing the source, destroying the platform, and breaking the chain.
After investigation by the task force for several months, on May 3, the city and county public security agencies rushed to Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Fujian to collect nets. They arrested 22 major criminal suspects including Li Mou, Gan Mou, and a district. Apple's domestic direct sales company and Apple's outsourcing company employs 20 people. At the scene, it seized a batch of computer, mobile phone, bank card and other crime tools, and initially found that the amount involved was over 50 million yuan. After investigation, the criminal gang used Apple's internal system platform to illegally check the mobile phone number, name, Apple ID, etc. associated with the Apple mobile phone, and then sold the information at a price ranging from 10 to 180 yuan each.
At present, 22 criminal suspects in the case have been subject to mandatory measures such as criminal detention, and the case is under further investigation.
However, this is not the first time Apple has been caught in the user information trafficking scandal.
According to the information obtained by the reporters, at the end of last year, Xiangyang police uncovered an incident in which Apple Outsourced Customer Service employees and others colluded with each other, reselling Apple users’ personal information, and intercepted more than 80,000 user information.
According to the suspect Kwak, the mobile phone serial number and the identification code are printed on the Apple mobile phone box. It is equivalent to the cell phone's ID number. However, even outsiders know the phone serial number is useless.
It is understood that this requires the help of "Ghosts". Kwak sent the serial number of the mobile phone to the Apple outsourcing customer service company. When the customer service personnel work, they can access the internal system. Through the serial number of the mobile phone, the name, address, and mobile number entered by the user when registering the Apple ID are searched.
The police reminded that since June 1, 2017, illegal acquisition, sale, or provision of more than 50 pieces of personal information including track information, communication contents, credit information, and property information constitutes a crime. Staff disclosure of personal information of citizens will be dealt with severely. Cangnan Police will continue to increase its crackdown and resolutely curb violations of citizens’ personal information.
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