FBI Opens Probe of AT&T iPad Customer Email Address Breach

The WSJ:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into a possible security breach of AT&T Inc.’s website that exposed the email addresses of some owners of Apple Inc. iPad devices. […]

A small group of computer experts that calls itself Goatse Security said it discovered the flaw, explaining that it was able to find the email addresses by guessing numbers that identify iPads connected to AT&T’s mobile network.

The Wall Street Journal said “Goatse”.

★ Friday, 11 June 2010