Want Someone’s Apple ID Password? Just Ask Apple for it
Wow. Just wow. Marko Karppinen, head of a Finnish software development firm specializing in Mac software, just found himself on the wrong end of a security breach. According to his blog post from this morning Karppinen was the victim of a complex, crafty and well-executed scheme clearly carried out by a team of unscrupulous professional hackers. The end result; Karppinen’s Apple ID account was compromised and access to personal data was established for an unknown period of time. So how did this guerrilla team pull it off? They sent the following, umm, complex malicious code to Apple via email:
am forget my password of mac,did you give me password on new email marko.[redacted]@yahoo.com
No, seriously. That’s how easy it was for some grammar-stallion to have Apple change the email account associated with Karppinen’s account and issue a reset password to the new address. Luckily the culprit wasn’t quite smart enough (surprising, we know) to change Karppinen’s security question so he was able to regain control of his account rather quickly. Well, at least no one can say Apple customer service doesn’t act fast. They responded almost immediately to the thief’s email and accommodated him without hesitation. Kudos, Apple Support!
“Wow. Just wow.” My thoughts exactly.
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So what? You know how many times I did the same thing with AOL back in the day? Any company can have a goober on a CS line. This is posted as if the entire company is a giant security hole instead of an isolated incident.
Must be a slow news day…
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This makes me want to go out and try this. You know… I just might
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lmfao, only on this site could Apple pull a snafu like that, and still get a ‘kudos’ at the end of the article.
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haaaaaa my thoughts exactly Chris
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@Chris
You are totally right. I’m suprised they even posted some anti apple news or didn’t spin it into an anti microsoft/rim/applecompetitor article.
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Crap. So is Apple going to fix this or should i start changing my password to random 64 alphanumeric code thrice daily?
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man the anti BG & apple people are out in record numbers the last few days. why stay here is you guys hate it so much? many other sites to troll.
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“Kudos, Apple Support!” lol. They did act quickly.
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IT WAS GALVATRON!!!
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“IT WAS GALVATRON!!!”
Exactly, he’s teh haXors
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this pretty much proves that apple is weak against Social Engineering
if you wann know maore google social engineering
if you read the book you see how easy it really is hp did it on their staf a few years back and referred to it as “pretexting” but it was social engineering none the less
they did not change his pass after they cracked his machine probaly because the y did not want ti tip their hand.
but they probaly underestimated him an should have changed it>
Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups
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2 thumbs up to Galvatron! Couldn’t have said it better myself… :]
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All it says is that Apple is a real company. Not this perfect, shiny orb of awesomeness that they manage to sell with impeccable style to us lowly consumers.
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Hahahaha The employees must be part of the drones of idiots that use the iphones. Right up their arses!!!
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@Tommy - for your Anti-Apple dose of the day:
So, Apple Customer Service has worst security measures in place than Windows? Hmmm…
@Sean M. - you’re dumb. A “real company” just doesn’t change your email address and reset your password without verifying a secret passcode/answer.
@Galvatron - It’s great to see you in here again! I miss decoding your messages! Cheers!
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Steve Jobs Keynote:
“With new iPhone 3G, you able to hack other person account 3X as faster than on EDGE!!! Buy apple phone!!!”
*audience cheers*
(fuckin’ sheep man, they’re all the same…just zombies)
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@ jeff B i prefer to call them iSheep
baaahh we buy anything shiny
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Odd… considering how small the Mac market share is I’d think that it’s all the people out there using Windows who are the sheep.
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It’s funny though. I remember BEFORE the iPhone came out how everyone bitched that this was a Blackberry/RIM can do no wrong site. If the iPhone makes more news than the Blackberry, it’s not BG’s fault. I’ve seen plenty of BB news here and lately, none of it seems real good.
If you want BB Fanboyism then head over to Crackberry where they claimed that the Thunder was the most AWSOME device ever shat out by the wireless gods only to find out that every other source, including RIM insiders, said it was no where near “good to go” and that there were horrible issues with the touch portion of the device.
In the mean time, the iPhone is out, the touch sceen perfected, and all of the capabilites of the Blackberry plus many more are available tomorrow. Why not report on something that good.
It’s not BG’s fault if everyone else is playing catchup to Apple.
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so what
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i need the apple id and password. so please do favour for me by sending it in my email ID.
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Can you give me an apple id and password please?
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