iPad Account Hacker Pleads Guilty

WrongSizeGlass writes "Daniel Spitler, a member of Goatse Security, pleaded guilty today to writing the code used to steal email addresses and personal information belonging to 120,000 Apple iPad subscribers from AT&T computer servers. Spitler, who surrendered to the authorities in January, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computers connected to the Internet and one count of identity theft. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison."

Comments

Goatse Security?

[Rene S. Hollan]

You've got to be shitting me.

Re:Goatse Security?

[geekoid]

Security through "OMG I don't want to see that!'"

Re:Goatse Security?

[interkin3tic]

Their motto seems to be "gaping holes exposed." I was not brave enough to click on the link from google...

Re:Goatse Security?

[donotlizard]

Their logo may have looked a lot like this one: http://www.southernriverhockey.asn.au/images/westnet.gif

Re:Goatse Security?

[SleazyRidr]

Sure! They've got a website and everything! http://goatse.cx/

(Seriously though, if you've somehow missed the joke, don't click that link!)

Deep Thought

[iluvcapra]

Be careful what GET requests you make, because apparently if they're "unauthorized," despite not being protected by any authentication or session and bring happily returned by the server, you may still be a criminal.

Re:Deep Thought

[jo_ham]

Also be careful when trying people's door handles on their home. Despite some of them possibly being unprotected by any locking mechanism, for example, if the owner is inside, if the door opens be careful what you take from the building since you may still be a criminal.

Re:Deep Thought

[ogl_codemonkey]

I'd consider data on the Internet with no authorisation mechanism to be 'published'. A private residence is still personal property, though.

Re:Deep Thought

[rtb61]

The big fraud here is claiming identity theft is a crime. This has always been a lie spread by credit card companies, you do not steal someone's identity they are not the victim, you defraud the sellers into believing you are someone else and based upon that they supply you product.

The seller who supplied the fraudster product is now guilty of the crime of defrauding the person's whose credit the seller has abused and the seller must now prove by burden of proof that they were tricked into applying an illegal charge against the innocent victim.

The credit card companies, have illegally and via corruption with government and government agencies (shit eating lobbyists at work here as well as PR=B$ agencies) pushed the burden of proving a crime was committed against their own customers, the end user, you. Your identity was not stolen, the only time that happens is when someone assumes your place in society and you have been eliminated, repeat after me, a credit provider was defrauded and applied an illegal charge (they committed a crime) against a third party, the basis of the charge, the failure of the credit provider to properly authenticate the identity of the customer.

If you are a victim of the lie of identity theft, not only are you entitled to your money back and the rebuilding of your credit rating and reputation but, also damages against those credit providers that failed in their duty of authenticating the identity of the person they provided credit.