{"id":356,"date":"2017-09-06T04:14:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T20:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/09\/06\/chinese-apple-staff-suspected-of-selling-personal-data\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T23:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:00:36","slug":"chinese-apple-staff-suspected-selling-personal-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-apple-staff-suspected-selling-personal-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Apple Staff Suspected Of Selling Personal Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation run by Apple employees selling computer and phone users\u2019 data.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chinese authorities say they have <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/uncovered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uncovered<\/a> a massive underground operation run by Apple employees selling computer and phone users\u2019 data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiX7AouqJBTHXFAKJGpr3HiXYjBm?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"388.15384615384613\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-apple-staff-suspected-selling-personal-data\/#File_pic_Photo_SimonBlog\" title=\"File pic Photo:SimonBlog\">File pic Photo:SimonBlog<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-apple-staff-suspected-selling-personal-data\/#Photo_cnet\" title=\"Photo:cnet\">Photo:cnet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-apple-staff-suspected-selling-personal-data\/#Photo%EF%BC%9Agst88\" title=\"Photo\uff1agst88\">Photo\uff1agst88<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"File_pic_Photo_SimonBlog\"><\/span>File pic Photo:SimonBlog<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals\u2019 privacy and illegally obtaining their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">digital personal information<\/a>, according to a statement on Wednesday from police in southern Zhejiang province.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 22 suspects, 20 were Apple employees who allegedly used the company\u2019s internal computer system to gather users\u2019 names, phone numbers, Apple IDs, and other data, which they sold as part of a scam worth more than 50 million yuan (US$7.36 million).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FoTWIRfeG4PP3bItsZJXUXX2S1n2?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"788.5964912280701\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_cnet\"><\/span>Photo:cnet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The statement did not specify whether the data belonged to Chinese or <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/foreign\/\" title=\"View all posts in foreign\">foreign<\/a> Apple customers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After months of investigation, the statement said, police across more than four provinces \u2013 Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian \u2013 detained the suspects over the weekend, seizing their \u201ccriminal tools\u201d and dismantling their online network.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, who worked in direct <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/market\/\" title=\"View all posts in market\">market<\/a>ing and outsourcing for Apple in China, allegedly charged between 10 yuan (US$1.50) and 180 yuan for pieces of the illegally extracted data.<\/p>\n<p>The sale of personal information is common in China, which implemented on June 1 a controversial new cybersecurity law aimed at protecting the country\u2019s networks and private user information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrNcM3uetDlSWjzpFFqqQ-956CtT?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"203.7\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" 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