Yesterday we posted an article about the exploit that had been used to access over 114,000 AT&T iPad users, revealing their contact lists and SIM identifiers. In the recent turn of events, Fox News and now WallStreet Journal, are reporting that the FBI is now stepping in to further investigate the security breach
It does seem to get rather interesting when you start to factor in a few things. Escher Auernheimer, a member of the hacking group, claims that, by simply submitting information into a public website, is not illegal and that they only accessed the information, and did nothing with it except demonstrate the exploit. This has been the case with many hackers lately, simply showing the fact that there is indeed a hole. Ike and others (the good ol Rick Roll) did the same, not exactly doing anything illegal as far as I understand.
Escher claims that their group only gave the information to Gawker and that the only information disclosed was bout the hole itself.
While the group has taken some criticism for not directly contacting AT&T about the situation, it claims that it "made sure that someone else tipped them off" and waited for AT&T to fix the issue before going public.
This news comes from FOX, and now the WallStreet Journal.
"The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation," said Katherine Schweit, an FBI spokeswoman. Ms. Schweit said the FBI began the investigation Thursday but wouldn't comment on what the bureau is looking at. "It's very early in the investigation," she added."]"The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation," said Katherine Schweit, an FBI spokeswoman. Ms. Schweit said the FBI began the investigation Thursday but wouldn't comment on what the bureau is looking at. "It's very early in the investigation," she added.
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