120,000 iPad Users' Personal Data Stolen via AT&T

According to an article over at Reuters, Apple's iPad has been hacked courtesy of AT&T's 3G network and around 120,000 users' personal information was compromised as a result. This is a huge blow to AT&T and one that I'm sure has Apple fuming (they tend to hold their users in very high regard and any breach causes great amounts of tension from the company).

From the article:

U.S. investigators plan to announce criminal charges concerning the alleged theft of email addresses and other personal information belonging to about 120,000 users of Apple Inc's iPad tablet computer.

Prosecutors said the charges arise from an alleged hacking of AT&T Inc's servers, which affected iPad users who accessed the Internet through AT&T's 3G network.

Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, and the FBI plan to hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the charges.

This appears to be a big oops for AT&T and one that will be interesting to watch as they attempt to resolve it and lock down their system against future breaches.

Source: Reuters