Florida police have arrested a suspected serial luggage thief, an airline subcontractor, thanks to an Apple AirTag item tracker…
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Man uses Apple AirTag to guide police to his stolen vehicle
A Memphis, Tennessee man used his Apple AirTag to guide police to his stolen vehicle, a Hyundai Santa Fe SUV…
Woman drops Apple Watch at Disney World, claims $40,000 in fraudulent credit card charges
A woman lost her Apple Watch Hermès on a ride at Walt Disney World last month and subsequently claimed approximately $40,000 of fraudulent…
Stalker allegedly used an Apple Watch in his ex’s car’s wheel to secretly track her
A 29-year-old Tennessee man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly attempting to track his ex using an Apple Watch hooked…
Former Apple employee faces federal charges after allegedly defrauding the company out of millions of dollars
A former Apple employee is facing federal charges after he allegedly defrauded the company out of millions of dollars over the span of…
Apple granted restraining order against alleged armed Tim Cook stalker
Apple has been granted a restraining order against a Virginia woman it said has been stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook for more than a year…
Apple AirTag prevents double theft of truck
In Texas, a Fayette County Sheriff’s deputy was flagged down in the community of Ellinger by a man reporting an Apple AirTag in his truck…
U.S. public school employee gets 18 months in federal prison for stealing Apple devices meant for school children
U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Kristy Stock to 18 months federal prison for stealing Apple devices meant for school kids…
Texas Mom tracks down Christmas decoration Grinch with Apple AirTags
A real-life Grinch, who tried to steal Christmas, had their holiday heist thwarted by a Texas mom, thanks to Apple AirTags …
Police warn Apple AirTags are being used by thieves to track and steal high-end vehicles
Canadian police ware warning that Apple AirTags are being used by thieves to track and steal high-end vehicles…
I tracked down my stolen car with an Apple AirTag
Reddit user “thinkscotty” unfortunately had his car stolen recently, but then “thinkscotty” remembered he’d put an Apple AirTag inside…
Thieves used Apple Store’s own sales devices to steal millions in gift cards
Thieves stole Apple Retail Store employees’ “Isaac” handheld sales devices, then used them to send themselves some $1.5 million in Apple…
Man pleads guilty to stealing photos of nude women from Apple iCloud accounts
A Los Angeles County man broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts to steal and share images of nude young women …
Woman handcuffed at gunpoint saved by her Apple Watch
A 31-year-old man is accused of holding a young woman captive. However, the victim cleverly contacted her mother using her Apple Watch …
UK man arrested for 2020 hack of Apple’s Twitter account
A citizen of the United Kingdom was arrested today in Spain pursuant to a U.S. request for his arrest in connection with the Twitter hack …
Former Minnesota trooper pleads guilty to texting himself nude photos from woman’s iPhone
On Wednesday, a former Minnesota state trooper pleaded guilty to texting himself intimate nude photos from a woman’s iPhone after she’d…
Smartwatch and phone data led husband to confess to murdering his wife Caroline Crouch
A 33-year-old Greek pilot has confessed to the killing of his young British wife, Caroline Crouch, police say, in a crime that shocked…
Florida murder suspect used iPhone to track victim, police say
A Florida murder suspect observed a man buying expensive items at Orlando’s Mall at Millennia and attached an Apple iPhone to the victim’s…
Apple target of $50 million ransomware hack of assembler Quanta
Quanta, one of Apple’s primary assemblers, was hit with a ransomware attack from a Russian operator claiming to have stolen blueprints…
Fake app approved by Apple’s App Store stole man’s life savings in bitcoin
Apple bills its App Store as “the world’s most trusted marketplace for apps,” where every submission is scanned and reviewed, ensuring…
Siblings plead guilty to offenses involving the sale of 800 stolen MacBooks
Patricia Castaneda, 37, of San Carlos, pleaded guilty today to federal program theft, and in a separate case, her brother Eric Castaneda, 36…
Twitter hacker who targeted Apple, Elon Musk, others gets three years in prison
The Tampa Bay teenage hacker who took control of several well-known Twitter accounts — Apple, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Bill Gates…
Police use Apple Watch to find kidnapped woman
A man is facing charges after he allegedly kidnapped a woman who used her Apple Watch to call for help as he drove with her in a truck bed…
Argument leads to shooting at Apple Store in Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall
An argument resulted in a person being shot inside Lenox Mall at the Apple Store on Friday afternoon, Atlanta police say…
Thieves steal $6.6 million of Apple products in UK truck heist
In UK truck heist, thieves stole millions of dollars worth of Apple goods. Police in the United Kingdom said on Tuesday they were hunting…
Apple Fifth Avenue glass cube remains barricaded as worries about election unrest mount
Companies are installing reinforced glass. The Apple Fifth Avenue glass cube remains barricaded since June…
Apple helps FBI track down man accused of firebombing Seattle police cars
Apple has aided the FBI track down a man accused of firebombing Seattle police cars with Molotov cocktails. A 20-year-old man…
Apple’s ‘Find my’ app helps bust sex trafficker
Apple’s ‘Find my’ app has helped to bust an alleged sex trafficker. A New Orleans man is accused of prostituting his girlfriend in a number of U.S. states…
Suspect’s Apple Watch used to prove he was lying about anti-Semitic stabbing
Sean Sammit said he was attacked as he left a synagogue that day in the Jewish community in West Bloomfield, but his story didn’t add up…
Apple iPhone’s Emergency SOS feature saves Virginia woman from sexual assault
The woman was about to get into her Uber to go home when she says, “This guy came up to me and said, ‘I lost my phone… can you help me find my phone?'”
Apple supplier Foxconn to look into alleged fraud involving $43 million in flawed iPhone parts
A Taiwanese businessman has purportedly worked with a group of management staff at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou facility to obtain and assemble flawed iPhone parts…
Apple supplier Japan Display to review past earnings after fraud warning
Apple supplier Japan Display on Wednesday said the compnay would review its past earnings after a former accounting executive notified the company…
Apple supplier Japan Display fires executive for $5.3 million embezzlement
Japan Display said on Thursday it dismissed an accounting executive last year for embezzling about $5.3 million over a four-year period…
Apple Watch saves Calgary woman from rapist
When he broke into her Calgary apartment, John Joseph Macindoe had everything he needed to drug, hog-tie and rape the woman he’d become so obsessed with…
Chinese national sentenced to U.S. federal prison for counterfeit iPhone trafficking scheme
A Chinese national was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release on Tuesday for his part in a counterfeit iPhone trafficking scheme that defrauded Apple…
Phishing attacks on Mac users doubling, don’t get fooled
Phishing attacks reaching macOS users look set to more than double this year, with emails specifically claiming…
‘Anonymous’ hacker exposed after dropping USB drive while throwing Molotov cocktail
In a bizarre investigation, Belgium police have identified a member of the Anonymous Belgium hacker collective…
Apple’s Find my iPhone app helps track down police officer’s stolen gun
Apple’s Find my iPhone app helped lead investigators to a deputy’s stolen gun and tactical gear. Two teen suspects were arrested…
How a crew of fraudsters allegedly stole $19 million worth of iPhones
Over the past seven years, a New York City-based fraud ring allegedly stole more than $19 million worth of iPhones by posing as…
U.S. man jailed for not unlocking his iPhone for police
He paid a steep price, spending 44 days behind bars before the THC and gun charges were dropped, the contempt order got tossed and he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor…
Chinese man pleads guilty of defrauding Apple out of 1,500 iPhones
Over the span of two years, a Chinese national in Oregon sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple…
U.S. FCC could require carriers to block robocalls
The war against robocalls is just starting to heat up…
