{"id":2311,"date":"2010-07-09T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2019-02-13T14:28:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:28:54","slug":"more-apple-att-security-breaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/more-apple-att-security-breaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple & AT&T Security Breaches…..Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently read an article by MVP Susan Bradley titled iTunes account theft strikes close to home.<\/em>\u00a0In her article Susan explained how someone used her credit card to make a purchase and Apple offered no help tracking down the perpetrators.<\/p>\n

“My next stop was Apple’s iTunes customer service, where I explained the situation and asked what had happened to my account. And that’s when the fun <\/strong><\/em>began.<\/p>\n

Exactly how did someone gain access to my account? The e-mail I eventually received from Apple offered no explanation \u2014 just a recommendation that I change my password and contact my bank to remove the charges.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously, Susan did a little research and here’s what she found:<\/p>\n

“I researched the Web and quickly discovered I wasn’t alone. About a year ago, blogger Gary LaPointe suffered a similar fate. In late May 2010, others added similar experiences to his post<\/a>. More reports also showed up in Mac forums and in a Facebook page<\/a> devoted to iTunes issues. The problem spread as far as Japan, where a news story discussed local iTunes identity thieves.<\/p>\n

Since May, there’s been more bad news for Apple. In a highly publicized incident, AT&T came under fire for a security breach affecting iPad 3G users. Hackers found a vulnerability in AT&T’s customer database and used it to harvest e-mail addresses. With that information, they then posted a list of notable iPad 3G users such as Diane Sawyer and my sister. AT&T sent apology e-mails to everyone who owned an iPad with 3G Internet access.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Both Apple and AT&T’s reputation has been tarnished by several security breaches lately.<\/p>\n

“Apple’s woes didn’t stop there. On opening day for preorders for the iPhone 4, allegations by several tech sites \u2014 including a Gizmodo story \u2014 charged that the AT&T preorder site had inadvertently shared personal information among site users.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although AT&T has been responsible for some of these security breaches, Apple is automatically affected by these stories, especially after Apple admitted in an open letter<\/a> that the signal bars on iPhones were essentially fake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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