Australian boy who hacked into Apple network admired the group, court told

Company says no data compromised by 16-year-old although court hears he stored information' in a folder called 'hacky hack hack'

A 16-year-old boy hacked into Apple's mainframe, downloaded internal files and accessed customer accounts because he was a fan of the company and hoped to work there one day, a Melbourne court has heard.

According to The Age newspaper, the boy's lawyer told the children's court in Melbourne on Thursday that his client had hacked into the Apple network on multiple occasions over one year because he admired the company.