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AT&T Leaks Emails Addresses of 114,000 iPad Users
Hugh Pickens writes "Daily Tech reports that in what is one of the biggest leaks of email addresses in recent history, a group called Goatse Security has published the personal email addresses of 114,067 iPad 3G purchasers in what appears to be a legal fashion by querying a public interface that AT&T accidentally left exposed. Apparently AT&T left a script on its public website, which when handed an ICC-ID would respond back with the email address of the subscriber. This apparently was intended for an AJAX-style response inside AT&T's web apps. Gawker reports that it's possible that confidential information about every iPad 3G owner in the US has been exposed. 'This is going to hurt the telecommunications company's already poor image with iPhone and iPad customers, and complicate its very profitable relationship with Apple,' writes Ryan Tate, adding that the leak is likely to unnerve customers thinking of buying iPads that connect to AT&T's cellular network. 'Although the security vulnerability was confined to AT&T servers, Apple bears responsibility for ensuring the privacy of its users, who must provide the company with their email addresses to activate their iPads.' In a statement, AT&T says that the issue was escalated to the highest levels of the company and that it has essentially turned off the feature that provided the email addresses. 'We are continuing to investigate and will inform all customers whose email addresses and ICC IDS may have been obtained,' says AT&T. 'We take customer privacy very seriously and while we have fixed this problem, we apologize to our customers who were impacted.'"
Apple's market for the i* just got destroyed. The risk that Apple took by partnering with AT&T has finally come and bit them in the ass. Dumb move, Apple.
I don't respond to AC's.
Have you actually TRIED using a desktop app on a smartphone, doesn't work very well at all. The ipad is almost exactly the right size for a portable tablet which makes desktop UI apps usable.
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
At least someone knows what a troll mod is. I doubt you were modded for the right reason.
narc
On the Oregon Cost born and raised, On the beach is where I spent most of my days
I think it's more like you walk into the store, no ones around, and a customer list is laying on the counter, open to see and easy to read.
Are you REALLY saying that what they did is NOT "unauthorized access"?
No, the real analogy is that you walk into our hypothetical "unattended" store, and the cashier's POS terminal says "Enter Account Number". And you do... 100,000 times. Then you write down the names and addresses of each of the account holders and PUBLISH THAT LIST IN THE NEWSPAPER.
So, you wouldn't mind if that happened to YOUR information?
Gimme a break, fucktard!
Wow, Archos has an Android tablet out for months and no one knows about it. Quite the successful product.
Apple has one out for 2 months and it's still getting good reviews and is selling left and right.
I guess people are voting with their wallet and Android is losing.
Go away Android fanbois, the world is tired of your psuedo-open platform already.