Apple Reassures Customers After Australian Media Reports Hack by Teen

File photo: The Apple logo is displayed at a store in the central business district of Sydney on April 6, 2017. Apple Inc said on Aug. 17 that no customer data was compromised after Australian media reported a teenager had pleaded guilty to hacking into its main computer network, downloading internal files and accessing customer accounts. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images/File photo

SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc said on Aug. 17 that no customer data was compromised after Australian media reported a teenager had pleaded guilty to hacking into its main computer network, downloading internal files and accessing customer accounts.

The boy, 16, from the southern city of Melbourne, broke into the U.S. computer giant’s mainframe from his suburban home many times over a year, The Age newspaper reported, citing statements by the teenager’s lawyer in court.