Apple Allegedly Provided Hackers with Private User Data

Bloomberg claims that Apple allegedly gave some customer data to a hacking group that falsified legal orders for the information in a 2021 social engineering fraud, said three members with knowledge of the situation.

After issuing falsified "emergency data requests," the hackers were able to persuade Apple's personnel to furnish them private data that included customer addresses, phone numbers, and IP addresses by impersonating law enforcement. The requests were issued from stolen email addresses belonging to law enforcement personnel from a variety of countries, and they were made to appear credible by using forged signatures of actual or fictitious law enforcement agents. Apple typically releases this information in response to a search warrant or subpoena from a court, but this is not the case with emergency requests, which are made in circumstances of impending danger.