1 Million Apple Device IDs Leaked, 12 Million Total Stolen

[WoodiE]

One million Apple UDIDs (Universal Device IDs) were released to the public today, along with Notification Center tokens, device names, and device IDs, and while none of the data is personal information, it can potentially be tied back to device owners, names, and addresses.

According to Antisec, the group that released the data, the one million is just part of over 12 million UDIDs they obtained from an FBI-owned laptop compromised in March 2012. The total dump reportedly also contains names, addresses, cellphone numbers, and other information about the device owners.

Unfortunately, if you own an Apple device, there's nothing you can really do at this point. You can't just change your UDID the way you can change a password. There are a sites that let you search the 1 million dump to see if your UDID is in the list, but the only surefire method is to download the file yourself from Pastebin and check. Also, even if your device isn't in the list, it could be in the other 11 million.

It's unclear what if anything Apple (or the FBI for that matter) will say or do about the leak, or what a malicious party could do with the information, but for now it's a good reminder to keep your computers secure and malware free.

Source: Lifehacker.com



For me the real question is why is the FBI storing this info on some agents laptop...

 

[cwal1774]

Glad I don't own any Apple devices.

 

[moe7404]

commodore sold over 22 M C=64. apple has a long way to go.

 

[robmob]

Commodore 64 was my first computer. The 128 was my second. Those were the days......

 

[slowngreen]

l . l "plink, tink, plink"

 

[sur3fir3]

i started with a 8086 then went to a 286... a friend of mine had a atari 2600 but i never got to mess with it much. My father was a teacher so he had an Apple IIc lol I remember programming in apple basic when I was about 6 or 7. fun times...

Remember REAL floppy disks? lol

 

[SMaxxin]

Commodore 64 was my first computer. The 128 was my second. Those were the days......

The 128 was my first and I thought it was the coolest thing ever!!!

 

[robmob]

2 best games ever that I played on the Commodore. Lode Runner and Spellunker! Of course I won't forget Zork.

 

[2revo1maxx]

Glad I have an old flip phone!

 

[HPIguy]

I had a C64 also. I was jealous my neighbor got a floppy drive, and games like Kung Fu. I got a cassette tape drive, yes a cassette tape drive. No games for me, but as Lloyd mentioned, I could type code for hours, and make a smiley face bounce around the screen in a loop.

 

[robmob]

Glad I have an old flip phone!

Flip phone or whatever phone your information is stored when you got it from your carrier.

What's at issue here is why the agent had this particular information on his/her laptop. One would think they have better things to do like investigate roid use in professional sports. LMAO!

---------- Post added at 3:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 3:19 PM ----------

I had a C64 also. I was jealous my neighbor got a floppy drive, and games like Kung Fu. I got a cassette tape drive, yes a cassette tape drive. No games for me, but as Lloyd mentioned, I could type code for hours, and make a smiley face bounce around the screen in a loop.

Oh man. I remember the cassette tape drive. Took forever to load games. LOL

 

[HPIguy]

Oh man. I remember the cassette tape drive. Took forever to load games. LOL

You mean it would actually work? Son of a...... I think we did try it once, and ran out of patience with it having to load constantly.

 

[Rolex]

I had a Vic 20.
Then I saw someone's Commodore 64 and I was stunned by it.

 

[moe7404]

i have TONS of commodore stuff. AND how about music on a 64? ever hear "monty on the run?" it is thought to be the best music on a C=64. done with only 3 voices. look it up on the internet. TO: HPIguy, i did some code to cal changing jets in carter AFB. that was about the limit of my skill. of course i needed some help with the math.

 

[wacmartin]

America OH Yeah!
So the FBI has unleashed a war on Apple users. I don't think I should say what I want to say seeing as how I'm using my iPod. Back to The Simpsons Tapped Out for me.

 

[moe7404]

good thats so great, the FBI is finally doing something useful. those Apple people are sooooo dangerous. LOL

 

[abadk9420]

glad i don't own any apple devices.

x 2:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d

 

[slowngreen]

x 2:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d

x3! Their all out dated in a week any ways.

 

[neobart]

x3! Their all out dated in a week any ways.

But they'll look pretty while doing it.


I can't imagine going back to using Windows, I'm a happy Mac user.

 

[Nitro4910]

And they wonder why nobody trusts them!