AT&T-iPad hacker arrested on drug charges

SAN JOSE, USA: Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker involved in a group that discovered the AT&T iPad-related flaw was arrested on charges of possession of drug.

The arrest followed the execution of an FBI search warrant of his home in Arkansas on Tuesday, Cnet reported citing authorities.

Auernheimer faces four felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor possession charge. The drugs included cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, and schedule 2 and 3 pharmaceuticals.

Auernheimer, 24, was being held in Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Ark., according to Lt. Anthony Foster of the Washington County Sheriff's office in that state. The drugs were found during the execution of the warrant, Cnet quoted Lt. Mike Perryman of the Fayetteville Police Department as saying.

Last week, a group of hackers stole e-mail addresses of about 114,000 iPad users from AT&T Web site by exploiting a hole.

The leak could have affected all iPad 3G subscribers in the U.S., according to Gawker, which broke the story.

The group that calls itself Goatse Security tricked the AT&T site into disclosing the e-mail addresses by sending HTTP (hyper text transport protocol) requests that included SIM card serial numbers for iPads.