Security risk at AT&T: FBI investigation

The FBI took over the case of 114,000 emails to customers of the3G + WiFi iPad which were hacked. The basis of the case is as it was announced, security vulnerability in AT & T.

An investigation was initiated by the Bureau, said Jason Pack, spokesperson for the intelligence service, who cares about the ” computer intrusions “leading to” cyber threats “.

It should be noted that the list of names and email addresses that have been pirated contains names of prominent political figures for example the head of the Office of the White House, Rahm Emanuel, the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who is also responsible for NASA.

An AT&T Web site could be tricked into revealing an iPad owner’s e-mail address when supplied with a code associated with their particular iPad. A hacker group named Goatse Security informed it got the site to cough up more than 114,000 e-mail addresses by guessing which codes would be valid.

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