Veri güvenliği konusunda endişe verici haberler sık sık basın dünyasının gündemine geliyor. Avustralya’nın Melbourne kentinde yaşayan 16 yaşındaki bir lise öğrencisi Apple’ın ana sistemini hackledi. Avustralyalı The Age gazetesinin haberine göre Victoria Çocuk Mahkemesi, şu anda 17 yaşında olan adı açıklanmayan lise öğrencisinin geçen yıl Melbourne’deki evinden Apple’ın ana bilgisayarına girerek 90 gigabaytlık korunmuş veriyi bilgisayarına indirdiğini ve müşterilerin hesaplarına eriştiğini duyurdu.
APPLE’DA ÇALIŞMAK İSTİYORDU, HACKLEDİ
Apple da bugün yaptığı açıklamada ekiplerinin ‘izinsiz erişimi tespit ettiğini, durumu kontrol altına aldığını ve konuyu kanun güçlerine bildirdiğini’ duyurdu. Gazeteye konuşan gencin avukatı müvekkilinin 16 yaşındayken 1 yıl boyunca birden fazla kez Apple’ın sistemine girdiğini ve gencin hayalinin bir gün Apple’da çalışmak olduğunu söyledi.
HER ŞEY “HACKY HACK HACK” KLASÖRÜNDE
The Age polisin gencin evine geçen yıl baskın yaptığını ve bilgisayarında ‘hacky hack hack’ adını verdiğ ibir klasörün içinde hacklemeyle ilgili verileri bulduğunu belirtti.
Gencin evine yapılan baskında ele geçirilen iki Apple dizüstü bilgisayarın seri numaralarının Apple’ın sistemine giren cihazlarınki ile uyuştuğu da vurgulandı.
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Haberin ingilizcesi:
Melbourne teen hacked into Apple's secure computer network, court told
A Melbourne private schoolboy who repeatedly broke into Apple’s secure computer systems is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the FBI. The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, broke into Apple’s mainframe from his suburban home on multiple occasions over a year because he was such a fan of the company, according to his lawyer. The Children’s Court heard on Thursday that he had downloaded 90gb of secure files and accessed customer accounts. His offending from the age of 16 saw him develop computerised tunnels and online bypassing systems to hide his identity until a raid on his family home uncovered a litany of hacking files and instructions all saved in a folder titled “hacky hack hack”. The teen’s defence lawyer said his client had become so well known in the international hacking community that even mentioning the case in detail could expose him to risk. The Crown prosecutor also acknowledged that Apple was “very sensitive about publicity”. The Australian Federal Police executed a search warrant on the teen’s home last year, the court heard. “Two Apple laptops were seized and the serial numbers matched the serial numbers of the devices which accessed the internal systems,” a prosecutor said. “A mobile phone and hard drive were also seized and the IP address ... matched the intrusions into the organisation. “The purpose was to connect remotely to the company’s internal systems.” The major international investigation was sparked when Apple contacted the FBI, who passed the allegations on to the AFP. The AFP found the software that had enabled the hacking had been installed on the teen’s laptop. Further analysis found that the schoolboy successfully accessed “authorised keys” as part of his offending. Authorised keys grant log-in access to users and are said to be extremely secure.
He then used Whatsapp to communicate his offending to others. The ongoing access continued until Apple eventually detected his presence and he was blocked. The court heard the access “worked flawlessly” until the teen was caught. He later told police he had “dreamed of” working for Apple. This month Apple became the world's first trillion-dollar public company. The magistrate acknowledged the teen’s guilty plea and stood the matter down until next month for sentencing, due to the case’s complexities.
THE AGE, 16/08/2018
