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What Happened in AT&T's iPad Breach? |
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
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By Cara Garretson
The AT&T data breach that exposed the e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G users has attracted the attention of critics, security experts, and even the FBI.
AT&T was informed of the breach by a customer June 7, although the news didn't become public until Gawker.com broke the story two days later. Since then, AT&T has accused the security firm, Goatse, that exposed the vulnerability and accessed the e-mail addresses of malicious behavior, while Goatse is saying AT&T is being dishonest and downplaying the severity of the vulnerability. Meanwhile, the FBI has opened an official investigation into the breach to determine if there has been criminal activity.
Read on to learn more about what happened, what security experts are saying, and whether iPad users should be concerned.
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