Way back in June of 2010, a hacker discovered a breach in the iPad 3G AT&T security system, exposing the details of 114,000 users. The exploit released the users email addresses, and their network identifying ICC-ID, which is linked to their MicroSIM number.
The 26-year old man who was at least partly behind the actions has now pleaded guilty to fraud and hacking charges. He’s one of two men charged for the hack, the other is still hashing out a plea bargain.
The hack itself doesn’t sound particularly graceful:
According to reports and court filings, they wrote a script that guessed the ICC-ID numbers (used to identify the iPad’s SIM card) and then queried AT&T’s website until it returned an e-mail address. Spitler had been accused of co-authoring this software, called “iPad 3G Account Slurper.”
Yeah, that’s pretty brute force.
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