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You are right, the article does not mention iCloud specifically. Just because some of the suspects are Apple employees it does not disqualifies it as a hack, b
by a_imho 9y ago
You are right, the article does not mention iCloud specifically.
Just because some of the suspects are Apple employees it does not disqualifies it as a hack, but we can agree to disagree on the definition.
Apple employees selling private info is much more of a reason not to trust the company with your data, mind.
- eridius 9y agoApple employees selling basic customer information (e.g. name, phone number) is something that can happen at literally any company, and is not a reason to not trust Apple with your data. Now if the company itself was selling this info, sure, don't trust them, but these employees were not doing this on behalf of the company. Any company can end up with rogue employees.
- a_imho 9y agoDefinitely not, that is Apple employees/suppliers/vendors/other 3rd party people selling private data (users’ names, phone numbers, Apple IDs, and other data) for $7M+. It can't happen at any company and it is an obvious reason not to trust them. It is not a rouge employee, there were 22 people involved. Either they were hacked, or they were basically employing/contracting criminals.
- eridius 9y agoUser's names, phone numbers, Apple IDs, are all just basic customer information. Rogue employees at any company can sell off customer information. And yes, 22 people, that work at a large company. It shouldn't strain credulity to believe that a company that has over 100 thousand employees can end up with a handful of dishonest ones. This doesn't mean they were hacked. And yes, they were employing criminals, by definition, because the thing those employees did was a criminal act. Presumably they weren't criminals when they were hired though.