Apple patched the glitch in the desktop version of the browser but did not update mobile versions, which could allow hackers to cause harm to Apple's mobile devices according to Goatse Security. On March 23rd, Goatse Security member Andrew Auernheimer posted information on how to perform a Safari browser exploit to the Internet culture database Encyclopedia Dramatica, which would allow the user to access blocked ports by adding the number 65,536 to the port number. On January 30th, 2010, the tech news blog Softpedia published a post titled "Firefox Bug Used to Harass Entire IRC Network," which reported that the GNAA had written a script exploiting a vulnerability in the Firefox web browser which would cause visitors to spam the Freenode Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server. Goatse Security Hacks Web Browser Exploits As the post continued to spread on the site, many users began advising those with infected accounts that they can easily remove the worm by ignoring the warning and deleting the said post from the dashboard. Targeting the site's prominent youth and teenage userbase, the lengthy message spawned a copy of the post on any user's dashboard when clicked upon and warned the reader against removing the post. According to the Daily Dot's exchange with a member of the group who identified himself as “Leon Kaiser” and the group’s “head of public relations," the malicious post may have affected as many as 6,000 unique accounts on the site in the span of few hours since its launch in the morning. On December 3rd, 2012, GNAA reportedly discovered a way to spam its worm-ridden blog post targeting Tumblr users and "emo kids" across the microblogging service Tumblr, infecting thousands of accounts for individual bloggers as well as news publications. The group, which derived its name from the Goatse.cx shock site, gained much notoriety in June 2010 for its involvement in a high profile AT&T data breach in which they obtained personal ID information of 114,000 iPad users. The Goatse Security, sometimes known as GoatSec, is a hacker group that specializes in publicizing security flaws discovered by its members, including Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer. The following month, the GNAA released an ISO image claiming to be a version of the operating system and on June 15th, the tech news blog Gizmodo published an article revealing the file caused a machine to boot to a picture from the Goatse.cx shock site. On June 26th, 2004, the Apple product news blog MacRumors published a post including faked screenshots of the upcoming Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) operating system, which were submitted by two members of the GNAA identifying themselves as "Gary Niger" and "Ron Delsner." On August 12th, 2005, Wired published an article titled "Max Hacks Allow OS X on PCs," reporting that hackers had managed to create a version of Mac OS X for PC processors. The organization was founded with the intention to “sow disruption on the Internet,” according to the book Blog Theory: Feedback and Capture in the Circuits of Drive by Jodi Dean. Not wishing to be a pedant (but I will), in the sentence, ‘The wording of that warning seems to infer that there is, indeed, "an unannounced and highly confidential Apple product" that Apple wishes to protect,’ it would have been more appropriate to use ‘imply’ instead of ‘infer.’ The person making the message implies, the receiver infers.The Wikipedia entry claims that the GNAA was founded in 2002 and was named after the 1992 Danish satirical blaxploitation film Gayniggers from Outer Space. Apple didn't release any Garageband breakout box (codename Asteroid) that the rumour site reported - but did take legal action about the reports, which led to Think Secret's demise.Īlso, after Jobs returned to the Apple fold, Apple employees became far more tight-lipped and took leaks/rumour sites far more seriously (Think Secret being an example) - so I don't think Apple is going to take kindly with a site offering cash rewards for information about a future product, regardless whether the product is real or just the result of fevered speculation. Tell that to Think Secret (if it was still going that is). So this action by Apple "has provided some of the best evidence yet that its long-rumoured tablet is on the way"?
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