Anonymous hacks "FBI Notebook" - Actually a leak from Blue Toad

[Teddy]

Link the source and I'll update the first post.

A source is a trusted news location in this sense.

Also, Anonymous wasn't behind this as I am finding out after digging. The group behind this is AntiSec. While AntiSec is a movement by Anon, the activitst themselves are not part of the "global" anonymous movement and is a separate group. This is obvious cause in the pastebin link, one very important Anonymous trait is missing. While some news sites are generalizing them as Anonymous, they are incorrect. This tech news site bellow has their facts straight.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2000417/anti-security-group-claims-fbi-breach-posts-1-million-ios-udids.html

[LoHi]

A source is a trusted news location in this sense.

Also, Anonymous wasn't behind this as I am finding out after digging. The group behind this is AntiSec. While AntiSec is a movement by Anon, the activitst themselves are not part of the "global" anonymous movement and is a separate group. This is obvious cause in the pastebin link, one very important Anonymous trait is missing. While some news sites are generalizing them as Anonymous, they are incorrect. This tech news site bellow has their facts straight.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2000417/anti-security-group-claims-fbi-breach-posts-1-million-ios-udids.html

Sadly I did not find any comments about the source not being FBI, but please do correct me if I'm being blind.

You are certainly correct about the group being AntiSec, but they published the list under Anonymous' name ( https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC/status/242822072026398720 https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC/status/242823908082999296 ) and I decided to use the more well-known name to help people understand who we are talking about here.

[Teddy]

I am mistaken, I read the thing wrong. This attack was claimed against the FBI. However a few months ago, Anonymous did breach a third party storage center for the FBI. They are contracted by the government.

AntiSec and anon are pretty much the same thing, only AntiSec has structure and affiliations. Anonymous doesn't; AntiSec was the one who planned, executed and released this attack. The release was also under AntiSec, only as they are same pretty much, published under Anons Twitter which is fairly common.

[Gimli]

By using those bits of information you can get up to gather a lot of private information later on if you're skilled at it.

If you remember, people at 4chan basically tracked down the guy who stood on the TacoBell's salad and got him fired.

Every picture taken by an iPhone contains EXIF data which contains location info by default. Really easy to track, unlike hacking into Apple servers.

[Teddy]

Every picture taken by an iPhone contains EXIF data which contains location info by default. Really easy to track, unlike hacking into Apple servers.

Any modern camera really has it now.

However, this still doesn't really leak anything personal as this data doesn't record an exact address, only with in 25 meters. I mean, sure some determined psychopath could track someone down to their address with a picture of some agents house taken with the iPhone camera or anything modern, but who is honestly gonna take this much effort? and what are they going to do... give the agent a high five? Ask for an autograph? Have at it.


Reports have come out today, stating the stolen data was NOT from the FBI, but a company called "BlueToad Publishing". The company has taken blame as well as provides evidence to support themselves.

Source: http://mashable.com/2012/09/10/app-publisher-blame-apple-id-hack/

This is why you should have gotten an Android.

[LoHi]

Reports have come out today, stating the stolen data was NOT from the FBI, but a company called "BlueToad Publishing". The company has taken blame as well as provides evidence to support themselves.

Source: http://mashable.com/2012/09/10/app-publisher-blame-apple-id-hack/

This is why you should have gotten an Android.

A news post with a bit more info: http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/10/13781440-exclusive-the-real-source-of-apple-device-ids-leaked-by-anonymous-last-week

Will update the first post once I get home.

[Taylor_P]

The FBI vs Anonymous I see it as North Korea Vs South Korea, and if what CommanderX says is ture then Anon has "people" inside the FBI and thats a loose term and its quite obvious the FBI has infiltrated Anonymous since anyone can, however I wounder if the FBI is seeing this as a False Flag attack or making such plans.

[Teddy]

The FBI vs Anonymous I see it as North Korea Vs South Korea, and if what CommanderX says is ture then Anon has "people" inside the FBI and thats a loose term and its quite obvious the FBI has infiltrated Anonymous since anyone can, however I wounder if the FBI is seeing this as a False Flag attack or making such plans.

I don't think its the FBI Vs Anonymous. Anonymous is a very unorganized group of criminals in short, while they're intentions are often for good protest (Hacktavist). They are still infringing the rights of others, and breaking the law. That is why FBI takes action against them.

A group before Anonymous, the G00ns was taken down by law enforcement by taking down its leadership. Anonymous has none, so the FBI knows it isn't possible to take the group down. As Anonymous name is just a mask to a group of anonymity. As you state, anyone can. However there is no rankings, you honestly just need to earn your way into the higher IRCs by earning respect of others. Even such, Anonymous members are anonymous to each other was well thus giving them "turn others in" deal out of the water.

[LoHi]

AntiSec made a 'press release' and I updated the first post.