Apple employees in Ireland told an American publication that various hackers offer them up to 20.000 euros to gain access to their login data in Apple's internal servers, the amount varying depending on the position held by that employee within the company.
In Ireland, Apple does not have employees with very important positions for the company, but the hackers are anyway interested in obtaining the login data of the Appel IDs used by them to access confidential information of the American company.
According to an Apple employee, he could have received up to 20.000 euros from various hackers to sell them access to his account used to access Apple's internal servers, but he is not the only one who is being courted by hackers who are trying to gain access to the secrets of Cupertino.
It seems that people who have recently been hired or have recently reached a management position are considered, people who have been working in the company for a long time or are trying to create a career are avoided because there is little chance of accepting such a proposal .
You'd be surprised how many people get on to us, just random Apple employees. You get emails offering you thousands [of euros] to get a password to get access to Apple. I could sell my Apple ID login information online for €20,000 (£15,000 / $23,000) tomorrow. That's how many people are trying. They look for someone who has jumped diagonally into a junior managerial position, so not a lifer working their way up, and not a lifer who has been there a long time.
The Apple employees who provided these details did not say what exactly the hackers would be looking for because they probably don't know, but they stated that Apple is extremely careful with the security measures imposed on employees, and the holder of the Apple ID through which data is stolen would be discovered immediately.
Although some are not willing to accept such offers, others could be tempted to earn money very quickly, especially if they intend to leave Apple and I think that in the future we will hear more details about these attacks directed against Apple.
