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Security researcher charged with defrauding Apple out of more than $2.5 million, company thanks him two weeks later (www.techspot.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 43 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The timing is probably just coincidence. He probably submitted a bug bounty weeks or months earlier and it just now got included in release notes.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 20 points 9 months ago

hush! we can't our salacious headlines ruined with pesky details and nuance!

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 6 points 9 months ago

The timing is probably just coincidence. He probably submitted a bug bounty weeks or months earlier and it just now got included in release notes

The fraudulent orders happened a few years ago, which was alleged recently

The indictment states that the pair attempted to fraudulently obtain over $3 million from Apple through more than two dozen fraudulent orders. For orders that did complete, they obtained around $2.5 million in electronic gift cards and more than $100,000 in "products and services." The scheme started in December 2018 and continued until at least March 2019.