Computerworld – AT&T ‘dishonest’ about iPad attack threat, say hackers
The hacking group Goatse Security obtained the e-mail addresses using an automated PHP script that collected iPad 3G owners’ ICC-ID numbers and associated addresses from AT&T’s servers using a publicly-available feature of the carrier’s Web site. AT&T disabled the feature last week, a day before the Valleywag Web site first reported the story.
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