A recent coverage by Business Insider revealed that Apple employees are frequently targets of attempts by hackers to gain access to the Apple employee database through their login privileges. Reports confirm that two Apple employees based in Ireland were offered up to $23,000 for access to their login ID and password to the company’s employee portal.
A further follow-through by the tech-magazine iDigitalTimes threw further light on the matter – revealing that not just well-placed employees but even interns are often offered large sums of money for access to the login information. Typically, though, employees who have a lot of power and responsibility over the company’s operations get send emails offering them thousands of dollars for said information.
While it is incredulous to think that an employee as well-placed as Apple would even consider giving away their login information for a few thousand dollars, thereby risking their jobs (one of the most coveted handful of positions in the tech world), reports say that it is possible that some employees have actually taken the bait and the money for their trust. For the full article click here
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