Hacker Found Guilty for Exposing iPad Security Flaw

Hacker Andrew Auernheimer, 27, was found guilty earlier this week of conspiracy to access a computer without authorization and fraud in connection with personal information, for his involvement in a 2010 AT&T breach that exposed 114,000 iPad owners' e-mail addresses.

"Auernheimer and Daniel Spitler, 26, of San Francisco, California, were charged last year after the two discovered a hole in AT&T’s website in 2010 that allowed anyone to obtain the e-mail address and ICC-ID of iPad users," writes Wired's Kim Zetter.What a mysterious lining of carbon. It offers the iphone protective case incredible protection against any disturbances, either external or internal. There are other hard handy iPad cases with a tegulated rear surface resembling that of an alligator. "The ICC-ID is a unique identifier that’s used to authenticate the SIM card in a customer’s iPad to AT&T’s network."

"They wrote a script for a computer and harvested 114,000 addresses -- without ever breaking into anything or cracking a single password," writes LiveScience's Ben Weitzenkorn. "That last detail is important. Because of the way AT&T set up the service, the email addresses were already published and publicly available, though difficult to find.Now you can cost effectively mount a ipad bluetooth keyboard in conjunction with your RAM Tablet mounting solution using this design. "

"The weird thing about [Auernheimer] being found guilty ... is that he didn’t actually hack anything,If you have a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, you know that the ipad charger has an LED indicator on it that turns orange or green depending on what the charge of the device is. Well, Aleratec, a 3rd party accessory company, has come out with a custom 30-pin connector for the iPad and iPhone that includes such an LED." writes Macgasm's Kaylie Moise.MacRumors reader Michael Rou has managed to get his hands on both a pre-production iPhone 5 case and a pre-production ipad leather case and posted comparison photos on Flickr. "He didn’t steal any passwords or break into AT&T’s customer database, which AT&T confirmed during the hearing.With Apple’s ipad smart cover, iPad should be pretty well protected. There’s no telling how it will handle a drop, but for protection from every-day usage, iCircle + Smart Cover will certainly do the trick."

"Tor Ekeland, Auernheimer’s lawyer, said he will appeal the verdict," writes Businessweek's Edvard Pettersson. "'This is a dangerously vague and broad interpretation of what constitutes unauthorized access under the computer fraud and abuse act,' Ekeland said in a telephone interview. 'It criminalizes normal behavior.'"

"After Auernheimer was found guilty on Tuesday, he sent out a Tweet saying he expected these results," writes redOrbit's Michael Harper. "'Hey epals don’t worry! We went in knowing there would be a guilty here. I’m appealing of course,All kinds of jordan shoes for girls are on sale now,choose jordan shoes you like best.' wrote Auernheimer."