Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed

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Begin forwarded message:
From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
Date: June 09, 2010 05:50:20 PM
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed

VALLEYWAG reports:

"The breach ... exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, 
a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes 
thousands of A-listers in finance, politics and media, from New York 
Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film 
mogul Harvey Weinstein to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears 
that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's information was 
compromised.

"It doesn't stop there. According to the data we were given by the 
web security group that exploited vulnerabilities on the AT&T 
network, we believe 114,000 user accounts have been compromised ..."

http://bit.ly/9TDXOu

<sigh> --jim; Jim Warren, open-govt & tech-civlib advocate & sometime columnist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Warren
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