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Re: Apple's worst security breach: 114, 000 iPad owners exposed


From: Joel Esler <joel.esler () me com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:43:10 -0400

And a smaller subset of it is Apple's AT&T customers.

I've seen the code they used to get the numbers, and it wasn't complicated at all.

Sometimes the simplest attacks are the easiest to pull off.


3:45 PM, on Jun 10, 2010, wrote:

Yeah, especially when Apple itself was not the target. Apple's customers were.

Juha-Matti

Joel Esler [joel.esler () me com] kirjoitti: 
My only problem with the article is the inaccuracy of the headline.  Gawker is known for their sensationalism.  
Frustratingly awesome.


11:20 AM, on Jun 10, 2010, wrote:

So I fall somewhere in the "yes, this really is a big deal," and don't mind
Gawker blasting it out public like this.  I don't think it undermines the
message of data security.

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