Teenager appears in court accused of Apple 'hacky hack hack'

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Teenager appears in court accused of Apple 'hacky hack hack'

Internal Apple documents found on child's MacBook in folder named 'hacky hack hack'

Apple's internal networks were cracked by a 16-year-old from Melbourne, Australia who stole 90 gigabytes of data, including customer documents. The break-in came to light this week when the child,...

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