There were so many issues with the release of the 1st Gen of iPad that I’ve read from those who were able to get one like there’s no Wi-Fi and its just a giant tablet/ iPod but none of them made me change my mind into liking one. I was waiting for the 2nd Gen of iPad’s to come out but this new issue made me change my mind. I no longer want an iPad.
As of posting, FBI is doing an investigation about the iPad security breach and that AT&T has confirmed a security breach of over 114,000 iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. “
Those who are involved in the security breach —and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking because their email addresses , names and phone numbers are exposed to the public!
“The breach, which comes just weeks after an Apple employee lost an iPhone prototype in a bar, exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance, politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film mogul Harvey Weinstein to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s information was compromised.”
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 the media and entertainment industries, affected accounts belonged to top executives at the New York Times Company, Dow Jones, Condé Nast, Viacom, Time Warner, News Corporation, HBO and Hearst.
Within the tech industry, accounts were compromised at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and AOL, among others. In finance, accounts belonged to companies from Goldman Sachs to JP Morgan to Citigroup to Morgan Stanley, along with dozens of venture capital and private equity firms. 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. Read more about this story here.
