Feds Caught Up in iPad Breach

A security breach in Apple's iPad has exposed the personal information of some top government officials as well as celebrities, according to an article on gawker.com

iPad subscriber data was obtained by a group calling itself Goatse Security, by exploiting a script on AT&T's website, accessible to anyone on the Internet. Apple relies on the AT&T network. According to the article:

We believe 114,000 user accounts have been compromised, although it's possible that confidential information about every iPad 3G owner in the U.S. has been exposed. . . . The specific information exposed in the breach included subscribers' email addresses, coupled with an associated ID used to authenticate the subscriber on AT&T's network, known as the ICC-ID. ICC-ID stands for integrated circuit card identifier and is used to identify the SIM cards that associate a mobile device with a particular subscriber.

Included on the list: apparently Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's chief of staff, and:

Within the military, we saw several devices registered to the domain of DARPA, the advanced research division of the Department of Defense, along with the major service branches. To wit: One affected individual was William Eldredge, who "commands the largest operational B-1 [strategic bomber] group in the U.S. Air Force."

. . . In government, affected accounts included a GMail user who appears to be Rahm Emanuel and staffers in the Senate, House of Representatives, Department of Justice, NASA, Department of Homeland Security, FAA, FCC, and National Institute of Health, among others. Dozens of employees of the federal court system also appeared on the list.