{"id":87604,"date":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/f-you-apple-did-anonymous-hack-12-m-iphones\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","slug":"f-you-apple-did-anonymous-hack-12-m-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/f-you-apple-did-anonymous-hack-12-m-iphones\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;F*** You Apple&#8217;: Did Anonymous Hack 12 M iPhones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers AntiSec claims to have nicked the details of 12 million Apple users<br \/>The cheeky hackers, an offshoot from notorious group Anonymous, leaked 1 million Unique Device Identifiers yesterday, which is attached to personal details like names, phone numbers and addresses, that it claims belong to Apple iPhone and iPad users. <\/p>\n<p>AntiSec claims to have lifted more than 12 million Apple UDI&#8217;s in all. <\/p>\n<p>But it looks definitely like Anonymous have it in for the Cupertino giant as they just tweeted: &#8220;Apple to their user base: &#8216;Yeah, fuck you. Again.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The data was said to have been lifted from a Dell laptop belonging to an FBI cybersecurity agent via a Java vulnerability.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"300\" width=\"480\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/201209050926081706f.jpg', 'foo', 'width=548, height=290, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/201209050926081706f_480x300.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The FBI however, are denying AnitSec&#8217;s claims, saying it is &#8220;aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, AntiSec predicted  the US security agency would deny the hack, saying:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seems quite clear nobody pays attention if you just come and say &#8216;Hey, FBI is using your device details and info and who the fuck knows what the hell are they experimenting with that,&#8217; well sorry, but nobody will care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FBI will, as usual, deny or ignore this uncomfortable thingie and everybody will forget the whole thing at amazing speed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Sophos Lab security guru Graham Cluley reckons the hackers are looking to humiliate the FBI the best way they know how: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My suspicion is that the hackers were more interested in embarrassing the FBI&#8217;s team than endangering innocent users.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"NFBreak\" style=page-break-before:always contenteditable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Of course, questions may be raised as to why the FBI agent had access to millions of Apple user details. <\/p>\n<p>But it appears its not just FBI and Apple AntiSec are looking to humiliate:<\/p>\n<p>Cluley in his <a href=\"http:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2012\/09\/04\/apple-device-id-hack\/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=a0a25fa14c-naked%252Bsecurity\">blog post<\/a> notes a reference to the GOP&#8217;s presidential candidate &nbsp;Mitt Romney at the end of the hackers announcement in German:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Romney aber, sag&#8217;s ihm, er kann mich im Arsche lecken!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This translates to &#8220;Romney, however, tell him he can kiss the asses!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers AntiSec claims to have nicked the details of 12 million Apple users<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":94260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-hardware","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;F*** You Apple&#039;: Did Anonymous Hack 12 M iPhones? 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