Apple fined $9 million by Federal Court after debilitating ‘Error 53’ system upgrade

Apple has been ordered to pay $9 million in penalties by the Federal Court after hundreds of users were caught by the company’s ‘Error 53’ upgrade back in 2016.

The error appeared after a system upgrade and disabled iPhones and iPads which had been repaired with non-Apple parts. The company admitted to the court it had told least 275 affected Australian customers that their devices could not be restored as they had been repaired by a third party.

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