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Exposed Apple UDID numbers came from Florida company, not the FBI

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:26:02 +0000

A Florida-based company called Blue Toad claims it is the place where hackers stole a large number of UDID numbers from Apple iOS products two weeks ago. Read more...

Apple: FBI didn't ask for any UDID numbers

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:02:49 +0000

Apple has now said that the FBI has never asked to receive any UDID numbers for Apple's iOS products, putting even more doubts on AntiSec's claims of hacking into an FBI agent's laptop. Read more...

AntiSec claims to have stolen 12 million Apple UDIDs from FBI

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:36:37 +0000

The hacker group AntiSec claims that it has obtained 12 million Apple UDID numbers by attacking a Dell Vostro notebook from the FBI. It has already publicly posted one million of those numbers. Read more...

Apple begins rejecting apps that access UDID

Nathan Tsui — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:00:35 +0000

Apple has begun rejecting iOS apps that access the device's UDID - the unique identification number associated with each iPhone and iPad - reportedly due to privacy scrutiny from Congress. Read more...