NEVER believe the BS in a C&D. They are designed to intimidate, and the lawyers can put whatever BS they want in them. Even though the DMCA specifies a specific format for these takedown notices, including the certification that the writer is the copyright owner or agent of the owner, there is ZERO actual penalty for falsifying any of this ("under penalty of perjury, that I am authorized to act" means crap, as courts have already thrown out countersuits when that was in fact false).
BTW, the referenced Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes was a civil action, and I see no reference to § 1204, Criminal offenses and penalties.
Show me some law!
So according to the admitted liar, Apple wasn't justified in sending the threatening letter. They couldn't have possibly suffered any damages, and there is no chance any of the Russian hackers could have been criminally charged. It was all BS by Apple, that is your latest defense of the Russian hackers, correct?