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Two Men Charged With Stealing iPad Users? Info

By Walin & Klarich

Daniel Spitler, 26, and Andrew Auernheimer, 25, were charged with fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization for allegedly stealing the e-mail addresses of over 100,000 Apple Ipad users. They alleged gained access to the information by exploiting an AT&T security weakness.? The theft of the email addresses allegedly occurred between June 3 and June 8, 2010.?According to the court report, on June 9 the information was given to Gawker.com, which later published an article on the breach. The suspects used a computer script they called "the iPad 3G Account Slurper" which fooled the AT&T servers into thinking that they were communicating directly with an iPad. Daniel Spitler appeared in federal court and was released on $50,000 bail...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).