15 Juni 2010

Hackers have 114 Thousand 3G iPad Email Owner



A group of hackers managed to get 114 thousand emails iPad owner, by exploiting vulnerabilities in the telecommunications giant AT & T.

Valleywag reported this hijacker managed to get an email that contains a list of email addresses of users of the top iPad, including business leaders in the U.S., politicians and even military officials.

Walleywag publish some names from the list. The list includes the chief executive of the New York Times, Janet Robinson, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the White House staff chief Rahm Emanuel.

IPad owners are customers of AT & T 3G service that provides mobile connectivity to users touch-screen tablet computer from Apple's.

Valleywag says the hackers called Goatse Security get a number of network users AT & T called the ICC IDS.

In a question, AT & T said that they did have a branching data and apologized to customers affected.

"AT & T has been informed by the businessman on Monday and then on the potential of their iPad IDS ICC," said the AT & T.

"We are still investigating and will inform all customers about the ICC's email address and IDS that may be included in the list," said AT & T.

"At this point, there is no evidence that there are other customer information that has been scattered."

Valleywag says that previous Security Goatse has revealed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Safari browser site.

AT & T email branching is related to the email address of the owner of the iPad at companies such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Morgan Stanley Citigorup and staff at the Pentagon, Senate, Justice Department, NASA and the Department of Homeland Security.

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