Apple Allegedly Provided User Data to Hackers That Forged Legal Requests

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By Juli CloverMar 30, 2022, 2:33 pm228 ptsTrending
Apple apparently provided some user data to a hacker group that forged legal requests for the information in a 2021 social engineering scam, reports Bloomberg, citing three sources with knowledge of what happened. The hackers masqueraded as law enforcement officials and were able to convince Apple's staff to…

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