U.S. Says Roughly 120,000 Apple iPad Users’ Had Data Stolen
U.S. investigators plan to announce criminal charges concerning the alleged theft of email addresses and other personal information belonging to about 120,000 users of Apple Inc’s iPad tablet computer. Back in June of 2010, a group of hackers called “Goatse Security,” obtained the email addresses and AT&T ICC-IDS of what was estimated to be 114,000 Apple iPad customers. Employees from NASA, the FAA, the U.S. District of Justice, and the Department of Defense were among those whose personal information was obtained.
Prosecutors said the charges arise from an alleged hacking of AT&T Inc’s servers, which affected iPad users who accessed the Internet through AT&T’s 3G network. Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, and the FBI plan to hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the charges
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