Tag: GOATSESECURITY

Last week, a hacker group known as Goatse Security exposed a major security hole in AT&T's site, and gained access to more than 100,000 iPad users' e-mail addresses and ID numbers. Now, the lead hacker behind that breach has landed himself in jail. According to CNET News, the FBI executed a search warrant of 24-year-old Andrew Auernheimer's home in Arkansas, and found cocaine, ecstasy, LSD ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Goatse Security, the firm that discovered and publicized vulnerabilities in AT&T's iPad security system last week, has explained its actions as a necessary public service. AT&T issued an apologetic e-mail to customers last night, placing the blame squarely on "malicious" Goatse "hackers" who were only interested in ...

Just two days after a group of hackers successfully swiped personal information from over 114,000 of AT&T's iPad users, the New York Times is reporting that the FBI has stepped in to investigate. Jason Pack, a supervisory special agent from the Bureau's new media office, says, "The F.B.I. is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation to address the potential ...

The iPad has only been in circulation for a couple of months, but the device has already fallen prey to a major cyber attack, thanks to a gap in AT&T's security system. According to Gawker, a group of hackers recently succeeded in exploiting a security hole in AT&T's website, and walked away with the e-mails and ID numbers of over 114,000 iPad users. The list of those targeted by the ...