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FBI charges iPad hacker the “Weev” for accessing thousands of iPad user email addresses
This past June, the FBI arrested a hacker named Andrew Auernheimer for publicizing a security exploit on AT&T’s servers and attaining 114,000 email addresses of iPad users in the process. When federal agents first burst into Auerheimer’s apartment armed with a search warrant, they found a smorgasbord of Ecstacy, LSD, and schedule 2 and 3 pharmaceuticals. [...]
Continue reading...Four charged with leaking confidential information about Apple products to hedge funds
Monday, December 27, 2010
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When it comes to product secrecy, no other company can hold a candle to Apple – which is why the company takes efforts to leak confidential product information so seriously. The insurmountable problem faced by Apple, however, is that there’s only so much information it can keep close to the vest. Manufacturing processes take place [...]
Continue reading...Man tries to rob restaurant brandishing a black iPhone
Monday, December 27, 2010
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Here’s an oddball story for ya. A masked man in New London Connecticut walked into an Indian restaurant last week and demanded that the restaurant’s cooks give him money. The man, named Jerome Taylor, was brandishing what he hoped would be perceived as a small handgun. Nevertheless, the cooks refused to hand over anything to [...]
Continue reading...Report – Thieves rob Apple store in Dallas
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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We wouldn’t go so far as to say that Apple Store robberies are a growing problem, but they certainly seem to be occurring at a faster clip than in past years. Most recently, an Apple Store in Dallas was robbed when thieves walked into the store in broad daylight and quickly snatched up 8 iPhones [...]
Continue reading...Identifying Criminals – there’s an app for that
Friday, July 16, 2010
A handgun, pepper spray, and handcuffs – these are just a few items policemen and women carry with them on an everyday basis. And believe it or not, there may soon come a time where you can add the iPhone to that list. Police in Brockton, Massachusetts are currently testing new iPhone software which uses facial recognition, [...]
Continue reading...FBI arrests iPad hacker on Felony drug charges, turns out he’s also racist and anti-semitic with a podcast on iTunes
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Last week, a large number of email addresses of iPad users were made public due to a security vulnerability on AT&T’s servers. The exploit, which was run via a script attack, was carried out by a group calling themselves Goatse Security. When the dust settled, the folks at Goatse had accumulated 114,000 email addresses, a [...]
Continue reading...iPad developer mugged at WWDC, gets brand new iPad along with a letter from Steve Jobs
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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Not too long ago, Apple sent out a WWDC invite to a Chinese iOS developer named Stone, an individual who works for Tencent, the development house behind China’s most popular IM software, QQ. Being that it was WWDC and all, not to mention the long ass flight from Shenzhen, Stone decided to bring along his [...]
Continue reading...Police arrest duo for trying to trade an iPod Touch and Marijuana in exchange for an iPad, via Craigslist!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
We know that there are more addicting things out there than Marijuana, we just had no idea that the iPad was on the list. Now we’re not saying that weed affects your mental state, but how else can you explain this unbelievably absurd Onion-esque news story from Gilbert, Arizona.
Continue reading...Jason Chen’s computers taken to FBI crime lab
Thursday, June 3, 2010
By now, you’re all familiar with the story. An Apple engineer loses a next-generation iPhone, and through an unusual series of events, the device ends up in the hands of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen who parades the device around on Gizmodo’s website. Shortly thereafter, Apple called the police, reported the iPhone stolen, a search warrant [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs discusses the lost iPhone 4G, says Gizmodo tried to extort Apple
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Everything was fair game during yesterday’s All Things D interview with Steve Jobs last night, and as expected, it was only a matter of time before the topic of the lost/stolen iPhone 4G was broached.
Continue reading...Police warrant issued for Jason Chen’s home is 100% kosher
Monday, April 26, 2010
In response to the California police raid on Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s home, Gawker Media is arguing that the search and seizure was illegal because California law precludes a warrant being used to ascertain the name of a journalistic source. Gizmodo’s interpretation of the law, however, entirely misses the point. The impetus for the warrant [...]
Continue reading...Shit just got real! California Police seize Jason Chen’s computers
Monday, April 26, 2010
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What a difference a week makes. Last week at this time, millions of people were watching Gizmodo’s Jason Chen show off Apple’s next generation iPhone. Now, Gizmodo is reporting that California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered Chen’s home on Friday evening, with a warrant of course, where they proceeded to confiscate four computers and [...]
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Friday, January 28, 2011
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