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Teen Hacker Breaches Apple Network, Stealing Customer Data

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An Australian teenager hacked into Apple's enterprise computer network, making off with 90 gigabytes of data before being discovered. He also accessed an undisclosed number of customer accounts during his year-long intrusion. According to reports - by Reuters and Melbourne, Australia-based newspaper The Age, citing court statements - Australian Federal Police raided the teen's home after being contacted by the FBI, who were notified of the attack by Apple. In the raid, police confiscated two laptops, a mobile phone, and a hard drive with a folder named "hacky hack hack" in which the stolen documents were stored.

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