Pablo Escobar’s Brother Sues Apple for $2.6 Billion Citing Security Issue

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto Escobar is in the news again. This time around, he hasreportedly filed a $2.6 billion lawsuit against Apple for an alleged security flawon his iPhone X.

According to tabloid news websiteTMZ, someone apparently hacked Roberto Escobar’s iPhone via FaceTime and managed to obtain his address. As per the report, the infamous drug lord’s brother purchased an iPhone X in April 2018. A year later, he had allegedly received a threatening letter from a person who goes by the name ‘Diego’.

After this development,Escobar had to relocate due to safety concernsand spent money to tighten up security. On top of this, he claims to have gone through emotional distress due to this issue. He appears to have bought the iPhone X just because an Apple employee assured him that the security won’t be compromised.

Apart from the lawsuit, Escobar has now launched a limited edition gold-plated 256GB variant of the iPhone 11 Pro. The handset goes for sale at $499. The usual marketing strategies seen with theEscobar Fold 1andEscobar Fold 2are present here as well. Escobar Inc. announced the Escobar Fold 1 – a rebranded Royole FlexPai in 2019 and Escobar Fold 2 – a rebranded Galaxy Fold this February.

There also exists a website named ripapple.com which redirects to Escobar’s new gold-plated iPhone. The website will apparently showcase“proof showing how the people of the world were scammed by Apple Inc, buying crap for crazy prices.”

In case Escobar wins this lawsuit, the report mentions that he would “donate it all” to iPhone users.

Subin B

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.

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