Overview
- The court record made public this week says Apple gave investigators the real iCloud address behind a Hide My Email alias tied to a threat against Alexis Wilkins.
- The message arrived on February 28, 2026, from peaty_terms_1o@icloud.com, and agents then asked Apple for records connected to that alias.
- Apple’s data linked the alias to an account in the name of Alden Ruml, and agents say he admitted sending the email after they interviewed him.
- A grand jury charged Ruml with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, and agents are seeking warrants to search his phones using biometric unlocking and by disabling Stolen Device Protection.
- Hide My Email creates random forwarding addresses, which Apple can map to a user account because it must route the mail, so the aliases are not end‑to‑end encrypted or invisible to lawful process.