Security News > 2019 > December > Hacker Who Tried to Blackmail Apple for $100,000 Sentenced in London
2019-12-21 07:39
A 22-year-old man who claimed to have access to over 300 million iCloud accounts and threatened to factory reset all accounts unless Apple pays ransom has pleaded guilty in London for trying to blackmail Apple. In March 2017, Kerem Albayrak from North London claimed to be a spokesman for a hacking group called the "Turkish Crime Family" and in possession of 319 million iCloud accounts.