OTOH: Apple's worst security breach, or a great big hyperbole? http://www.sophos.com/blogs/duck/g/2010/06/10/apples-worst-security-breach/
-- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP ESET Research Fellow > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio > Sent: 10 June 2010 11:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [funsec] Apple's worst security breach: 114, 000 > iPad owners exposed > > "Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach > has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military > officials, and top politicians. > They-and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled > tablet-could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking. > > The breach, which comes just weeks after an Apple employee > lost an iPhone prototype in a bar, > exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, a > collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes > thousands of A-listers in finance, > politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet > Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film mogul Harvey Weinstein > to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears that White House > Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's information was compromised." > > http://gawker.com/5559346/apples-worst-security-breach-114000- > ipad-owners-exposed?skyline=true&s=i > > Juha-Matti > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
