Australian regulator sues Apple for disabling iPhone, iPad units that received third party repairs

Apple is being sued again. Today, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) instigated the suit, filing the action in the country's Federal Court. The regulatory agency accuses Apple of disabling hundreds of Apple iPhone and Apple iPad units because they were repaired by third party repair shops that were unauthorized. In February 2016, certain Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus users found that their devices were bricked after the Touch ID button was worked on by unauthorized third party repairmen.

The devices would run normally at first until they were updated to iOS ...