Antisec has released 1 million Apple Unique gadget Identifiers(UDIDs ) , claiming that it obtain them after breach an FBI computer . It also claims to have over 12 million IDs in total , along with user public figure , gadget name , cadre earphone number and address to go with them . This is very not good .
In a statementAntisec explains :
During the second workweek of March 2012 , a Dell Vostro notebook , used by Supervisor Special Agent Christopher K. Stangl from FBI Regional Cyber Action Team and New York FBI Office Evidence Response Team was breached using the AtomicReferenceArray vulnerability on Java , during the shell session some files were download from his Desktop folder one of them with the name of “ NCFTA_iOS_devices_intel.csv ” turn to be a list of 12,367,232 Apple Io gimmick including Unique machine Identifiers ( UDID ) , user names , name of machine , character of gimmick , Apple Push Notification Service tokens , zipcodes , cellular telephone numbers , addresses , etc . the personal details theater referring to people appear many prison term empty leaving the whole list incompleted on many parts . no other file on the same folder makes acknowledgment about this list or its purpose .
Antisec suggests that the FBI is using the information to track citizen . It ’s not clear , of class , whether any of these title are true — but if they are , the NCFTA acronym in Antisec ’s file name could likely stand forNational Cyber - Forensics & Training Alliance , which “ functions as a conduit between individual industry and law enforcement . ” If that ’s the case , it could mean Apple is feed the FBI user data though the NCTFA , that the FBI is mine its own datum … or something else entirely .
Either way , we wo n’t be able-bodied to get any follow - up intel for a while , it sound like ; the hacker have turn down to speak with journalists until our Gawker colleague Adrian Chen poses “ with a Brobdingnagian impression of him set a concert dance Desmond Tutu and brake shoe on the head , no photoshop . ” Which should also give you some sense of the character of people who have access code to all your vital data point .
To see if yours was one of the million that’sbeen releasedso far , head over toTNW ’s database crosschecker . And remember , even if yours does n’t start up , there are 11 million more where those came from .
We ’ve reached out to the FBI and NCTFA for comment , and will update this post accordingly . [ PastebinviaYCombinatorviaThe Next World Wide Web ]
Update : The FBI says it is “ declining to annotate at this time , ” which signify it ’s very much potential that an FBI computer is the original source of this alleged information dump . That would be a massive disgraceful middle for the same feds that more or less destroy Anonymous five months ago . Or so they ( and we ) recall .
Update 3 : The FBI has provided us with a more elaborated statement , denying that its information processing system was breach :
“ The FBI is aware of published written report aver that an FBI laptop was compromised and private information regarding Apple UDIDs was bring out . At this time , there is no grounds indicating that an FBI laptop was compromise or that the FBI either sought or obtained this datum . ”
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