So it appears (the FBI hasn’t confirmed it yet) that the supervisor of their Cyber Action Team has had his laptop hacked, and twelve million Apple users IDs with accompanying information of people they were allegedly tracking has been leaked.
Gizmodo points out that the “NCFTA_iOS_Devices” reference in the filename of the leaked UDIDs could stand for the National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance, which “functions as a conduit between private industry and law enforcement.” Which may mean that Apple was very much complicit in supplying these UDIDs to the FBI.
If you’re worried that you might own one of the 1 million Apple devices that have had their UDIDs leaked by AntiSec, reportedly from a breach of an FBI agent’s laptop, our rockstar tech team has put together a tool to help you check.
AntiSec claimed on Tuesday that it had culled 12 million device IDs, along with accompanying personal information, from the FBI in March of this year. The hacker group then leaked 1 million of them, saying it had removed some of the identifiable information from the list, while leaving enough for users to see if their device was leaked.
[…] Since UDIDs are unique to each iPhone and iPad, having yours end up in the wrong hands is a concern. The bigger issue, however, is that they were tied to additional personal information, including user names, device names, notification tokens, cell phone numbers and addresses, that could potentially lead to identity theft.
Bravo for AntiSec, son of Anonymous. “The head of the FBI’s Cyber Action Team was hacked and the 12 million people he (the FBI) was tracking was revealed.” That’s a bad thing? You’re better off worrying about what the NSA is looking at in your personal messaging than what Anonymous is up to. The FBI will take you down and ship you to Gitmo, while AntiSec will show you who’s tracking you.