Hackers claim 12 million Apple IDs from FBI
Sep 4, 2012, 3:42 pm
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Sep 4, 2012, 4:55 pm
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This web site will help you locate the UUID of your iPad, iPhone, etc.
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This web site will tell you if your UUID was exposed. Don't paste in all digits of your UUID; leave off the last four or five digits.
Sep 4, 2012, 6:05 pm
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1) Why does the FBI have this data, and what are they doing with it?
2) The data apparently contains more than just UUID's:
"Also notice that they claim to have fullname, addresses, phone numbers etc... Big ouch!" he tweeted."
Of course, this would not be the first time a hacker group makes claims like this with nothing to back it up. For all we know, the "FBI agent" was a developer with a log of all users on his laptop.
Sep 4, 2012, 7:19 pm
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The file, according to the hackers, contained a list of more than 12 million Apple iOS devices, including Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), user names, names of devices, types of devices, Apple Push Notification Service tokens, ZIP codes, cellphone numbers, and addresses.
That's more than enough information to send messages to those 12 million people through their device asking them to confirm their account information, credit card info, whatever. Even if only 1% of the people fall for the scam, that's still over 100,000 people.
I would bet a simple text with a link to change your password referencing this story would be enough to fool a good amount of the apple owners.
Sep 4, 2012, 7:50 pm
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Two things come to mind.
1) Why does the FBI have this data, and what are they doing with it?
2) The data apparently contains more than just UUID's:
"Also notice that they claim to have fullname, addresses, phone numbers etc... Big ouch!" he tweeted."
Of course, this would not be the first time a hacker group makes claims like this with nothing to back it up. For all we know, the "FBI agent" was a developer with a log of all users on his laptop.
1) Why does the FBI have this data, and what are they doing with it?
2) The data apparently contains more than just UUID's:
"Also notice that they claim to have fullname, addresses, phone numbers etc... Big ouch!" he tweeted."
Of course, this would not be the first time a hacker group makes claims like this with nothing to back it up. For all we know, the "FBI agent" was a developer with a log of all users on his laptop.
Sep 4, 2012, 7:51 pm
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Sep 4, 2012, 8:00 pm
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The file, according to the hackers, contained a list of more than 12 million Apple iOS devices, including Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), user names, names of devices, types of devices, Apple Push Notification Service tokens, ZIP codes, cellphone numbers, and addresses.
That's more than enough information to send messages to those 12 million people through their device asking them to confirm their account information, credit card info, whatever. Even if only 1% of the people fall for the scam, that's still over 100,000 people.
I would bet a simple text with a link to change your password referencing this story would be enough to fool a good amount of the apple owners.
The file, according to the hackers, contained a list of more than 12 million Apple iOS devices, including Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), user names, names of devices, types of devices, Apple Push Notification Service tokens, ZIP codes, cellphone numbers, and addresses.
That's more than enough information to send messages to those 12 million people through their device asking them to confirm their account information, credit card info, whatever. Even if only 1% of the people fall for the scam, that's still over 100,000 people.
I would bet a simple text with a link to change your password referencing this story would be enough to fool a good amount of the apple owners.
Sep 5, 2012, 8:20 am
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Heard some tech expert on the radio say the files probably came from Apple, not the Feds, and that this release is politically motivated. It's not as if hackers can be regarded as upright individuals incapable of a dishonest act...
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Sep 10, 2012, 3:39 pm
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http://www.zdnet.com/apple-udids-lea...94/?s_cid=e550
A small Florida-based publishing firm told NBC News in an exclusive interview that it was in fact the source of the million-record database of unique Apple device identification numbers that were leaked by hackers associated with Anonymous last week.
Guess that settles that
Unless the government is paying them to be a scapegoat.
A small Florida-based publishing firm told NBC News in an exclusive interview that it was in fact the source of the million-record database of unique Apple device identification numbers that were leaked by hackers associated with Anonymous last week.
Guess that settles that
Unless the government is paying them to be a scapegoat.
Sep 10, 2012, 4:06 pm
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http://www.zdnet.com/apple-udids-lea...94/?s_cid=e550
A small Florida-based publishing firm told NBC News in an exclusive interview that it was in fact the source of the million-record database of unique Apple device identification numbers that were leaked by hackers associated with Anonymous last week.
Guess that settles that
Unless the government is paying them to be a scapegoat.
A small Florida-based publishing firm told NBC News in an exclusive interview that it was in fact the source of the million-record database of unique Apple device identification numbers that were leaked by hackers associated with Anonymous last week.
Guess that settles that
Unless the government is paying them to be a scapegoat.
The FBI gets data -- sans warrants -- from lots of private companies without making them scapegoats, let alone paying them to be scapegoats.