CNet:
A small mobile publishing company said today that it was the source of the large number of unique Apple device IDs that was leaked to the Internet last week.
The FBI and Apple were telling the truth then.
MacRumors:
The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed. At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data.
Has anyone stopped to think that this might be an attempt by hackers to harvest UDIDs when people follow links and go to check if their devices are listed?
Mat Honan, Wired:
On Monday, Wired tried to verify the hackers’ access technique by performing it on a different account. We were successful. This means, ultimately, all you need in addition to someone’s email address are those two easily acquired pieces of information: a billing address and the last four digits of a credit card on file. Here’s the story of how the hackers got them.
Be afraid, very afraid. The password system is beyond broken.
The problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of more than 570,000 infected computers around the world. When the FBI went in to take down the hackers late last year, agents realized that if they turned off the malicious servers being used to control the computers, all the victims would lose their Internet service.
The FBI set some servers to help those infected, and now it will shot them down. If you can’t connect come monday, you could be one of the lucky few.
To check whether a computer is infected, users can visit a website run by the group brought in by the FBI: Click HERE to go there now.
The site includes links to respected commercial sites that will run a quick check on the computer, and it also lays out detailed instructions if users want to actually check the computer themselves.
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