UGeorge Garafano, omnye wabane ababanjelwe ukubiwa kwemifanekiso ye-iCloud kubantu abadumileyo ngo-2014 kwaye kamva kwabelwana ngayo kwi-Intanethi, ugwetywe iinyanga ezisibhozo entolongweni. UGarafano utyholwa ngokuqhekeza iiakhawunti ze-iCloud zabantu abangaphezulu kwama-200 kwisithuba seenyanga ezili-18, kubandakanya nezoosaziwayo abathile, yiyo loo nto ukubaluleka kunye nokuduma kwetyala.
Ijaji yase-Connecticut Federal iye yayalela ukuvalelwa kukaGarafano iinyanga ezisi-8, ukongeza kwiminyaka emi-3 yokujongwa ngabasemagunyeni emva kwesigwebo sakhe. Ku-Epreli ophelileyo, UGarafano ulivumile ityala lokuthumela ii-imeyile zobuqhetseba, bezenza njengamalungu eqela lokhuseleko lika-Apple ukuze bafumane amagama abasebenzisi kunye neephasiwedi.
Ngexesha letyala, abatshutshisi bathi uGarafano watshintsha ezinye zeefoto ezibiweyo kunye nabanye abahlaseli, kusenokwenzeka ukuba bathengise abanye babo ukuze bafumane imali eyongezelelweyo, nangona eyokugqibela ingangqiniswanga. Abatshutshisi bacela isigwebo seenyanga ezili-10 ukuya kwezili-16 entolongweni, ngelixa igqwetha lezomthetho lacela isigwebo seenyanga ezintlanu, kwaza kwalandela iinyanga ezintlanu zokuvalelwa endlwini.
Bane abatyholwa abantu Ukufikelela kwiiakhawunti ze-iCloud usebenzisa ubuqhetseba kunye nomntu wokugqibela ogwetyiweyo: URyan Collins, u-Edward Majerczyk no-Emilio Herrera. Bonke bagwetyelwe izigwebo ezisusela kwiinyanga ezisi-9 ukuya kwezili-18 entolongweni.
Fumana olu hlobo lweposi, ngelishwa iqhelekile, Kwaye ayithunyelwanga kuphela yi-Apple, kodwa ziibhanki. Ezi imeyile zikhatshwa likhonkco elisinika imbonakalo efanayo naleyo yinkampani eyithumele ithiyori. Ukuba sicofa kuyo kwaye singena kulwazi lwethu lokufikelela, sinika lonke ulwazi lwethu kubantu abangaziwayo, abantu abasuka kuloo mzuzu, abanokufikelela kwiakhawunti yethu nayo yonke idatha esiyigcine kuyo.