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Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.
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In 2019, Motherboard identified several people who advertised and sold stolen Apple devices on social media. One of the sellers, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of further angering Apple, confirmed that they’d received the letter."They want to know how the information leaked and how the leaked items in the supply chain were sold to certain people," the seller said in an online chat. The Twitter account of another seller, who went by Mr. White, does not exist anymore. The latest time the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine archived the account when it was still active was June 11, just a few days before the Apple letter went out. A seller who goes by Jin Store on Twitter told Motherboard that he did not receive a letter. Sing1e, another seller, did not respond to a request for comment.It's unclear how many people Apple sent cease and desist letters to. Apple did not respond to a request for comment. Subscribe to our cybersecurity podcast CYBER, here.Do you work for Apple? Or do you have any information on the market for stolen or leaked devices? We’d love to hear from you. You can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, OTR chat at lorenzofb@jabber.ccc.de, or email lorenzofb@vice.com