By: iPadfanzz.blogspot.com on September 5, 2012
In a shocking revelation, a hacker group has posted a list of 1 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs which they claim to have got from a laptop used by an FBI agent.
The leak includes one million Apple Device’s UDIDs, Apple Push Notification Service DevToken, Device Name and Device Type. Reportedly, the group said it has removed all personal details before posting the IDs online. At the same time, the group also decided to withhold over 12 million UDIDs, with details like user names, device names, notification tokens, cell phone numbers and addresses.
"Here are 1,000,001 Apple Devices UDIDs. The original file contained around 12,000,000 device details. However, we feel a million would be enough to release. We trimmed out other personal data as, full names, cell numbers, addresses, zipcodes, etc," the group posted this message.
Experts wonder how the FBI got access to over 12 million Apple UDIDs and the associated details.
However, the affected one million users can breathe a sigh of relief as their accounts are not in any danger of identity theft or account takeovers.
Unique device identifiers, or UDIDs, are a series of numbers and letters assigned to Apple devices running the iOS, such as iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. Mobile app developers use these IDs to track Apple customers' use of mobile apps.
A software developer based in Florida has posted a tool at http://kimosabe.net/test.html to let you know whether your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch's UDID has been affected by hacking or not.
In a shocking revelation, a hacker group has posted a list of 1 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs which they claim to have got from a laptop used by an FBI agent.
The leak includes one million Apple Device’s UDIDs, Apple Push Notification Service DevToken, Device Name and Device Type. Reportedly, the group said it has removed all personal details before posting the IDs online. At the same time, the group also decided to withhold over 12 million UDIDs, with details like user names, device names, notification tokens, cell phone numbers and addresses.
"Here are 1,000,001 Apple Devices UDIDs. The original file contained around 12,000,000 device details. However, we feel a million would be enough to release. We trimmed out other personal data as, full names, cell numbers, addresses, zipcodes, etc," the group posted this message.
Experts wonder how the FBI got access to over 12 million Apple UDIDs and the associated details.
However, the affected one million users can breathe a sigh of relief as their accounts are not in any danger of identity theft or account takeovers.
Unique device identifiers, or UDIDs, are a series of numbers and letters assigned to Apple devices running the iOS, such as iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. Mobile app developers use these IDs to track Apple customers' use of mobile apps.
A software developer based in Florida has posted a tool at http://kimosabe.net/test.html to let you know whether your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch's UDID has been affected by hacking or not.
