In China, arrested 22 dealers data on iPhone users. A group of intruders had access to the internal Apple database. Its participants, presumably, were engaged in resale of mobile devices of the American company. According to the police, criminals traded identification data (Apple ID) and phone numbers.

To buy "goods" on the black market could all those who wished - the unit of information was estimated at $ 1.50-26, reports Engadget.

Over the course of their activities, the arrested have earned about 50 million yuan (about $ 7.36 million). It is not known how many people suffered from the trade in user data. Also remains to be uncovered the information about whether the victims were exclusively Chinese citizens.

Apple positions itself as a company that highly values ??the data of its users, so some experts wondered how third parties could access the database with confidential information. Apple has not yet commented on the incident.