Chinese Apple staff suspected of selling private data


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 08 Jun 2017

A person holds a red iPhone product at a Apple store in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, March 25, 2017. Picture taken March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

BEIJING: Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation run by Apple employees selling computer and phone users’ personal data. 

Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals’ privacy and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to a statement Wednesday from local police in southern Zhejiang province. 

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