If you own a cellular iPad, an AT&T web address has exposed your personal info to anyone wily enough to ping it, reports Ryan Tate at Gawker. Your email address, and a tracking ID unique your SIM card, were open to any who may have discovered the hole before it was closed.
According to the data we were given by the web security group that exploited vulnerabilities on the AT&T network, we believe 114,000 user accounts have been compromised, although it's possible that confidential information about every iPad 3G owner in the U.S. has been exposed. We contacted Apple for comment but have yet to hear back. We also reached out to AT&T for comment.
(via boingboing)
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My cousin, who works at AT&T corproate, was actually the first to call this to my attention. We were discussing our iPhone upgrades and how neither of us is eligible until February of 2010. The following ensued:
Dave: "A full discount on a standard headset or iPhone upgrade is not available at this time but you may qualify on 02/20/2011. We can offer you a discounted iPhone upgrade at a higher price with a 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee. Please visit a participating iPhone sales location for pricing on this offer."
Dave: XML
Dave: FML*
Me: Hahaha i'm a week before you :)
Dave: How is that. I got my 3GS before you by like 3 months
Dave: Rat Bastards
Me: Maybe cos my 3GS was an upgrade from my OG? You WORK at AT&T. Can't you get someone to pull strings?
Dave: Shit after the iPad security debacle not many strings left
Me: [??? googling feverishly to find out what he talking about]
That's when I found this Gawker article that revealed all. Case in point: AT&T is worthless and useless and Apple needs to find a way to shut up all those self-righteous Android lovers by removing the only factor they have to cling to in their argument that iPhones aren't as good as Incredibles, EVO4s or Nexus Ones: Verizon / Sprint > AT&T.
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