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App Developer Says Stolen UDIDs Came From Them, Not FBI

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-to-blame dept.

pdabbadabba writes "A Florida iPhone and iPad app developer, Blue Toad, has come forward claiming that it is the source of the Apple UDIDs previously released by Anonymous. Their dataset, they say, is a 98% match for the one Anonymous hackers claim to have stolen from an FBI laptop. If so, this development would cast serious doubt on Anonymous' claims and, possibly, calm fears that this data is evidence of an ongoing FBI surveillance operation (a claim the FBI has also denied)."

2 of 180 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Dont trust anonymous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Or maybe that you just can't trust Blue Toad, who got paid behind the scenes to take the fall for this.

    Or maybe that was a double fake, and that this whole thing was set up as a distraction by Google to undermine iPhone.

    Or maybe it was actually stolen by the EFF, who then spoofed an FBI operation for Anonymous to find so that they could promote their agenda.

    (Or maybe you're completely right)

  2. Re:And that company is... by Infernal+Device · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...and it could just as easily be a case where the FBI requested this list from Blue Toad, or Blue Toad submitted this list as part of an investigation. All we know now is where the data likely originated -- which is precisely where everyone assumed it originated anyway (a single developer list).

    It could also be that the developer got hacked w/o being involved with the FBI in any way, prior to the attack.

    Which, on the whole, is a lot simpler explanation than a conspiracy theory.

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