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Millions of Apple IDs stolen?

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BANGALORE, INDIA: A hacking group has claimed to have released one million Apple device IDs that it says were stolen from an FBI computer.

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The group AntiSec, has also claimed to have access to more than 12 million other IDs, which it has not released, as well as account holders' personal information.

The personal information is said to include user names, device names, telephone numbers and addresses.

According to experts this information could be handed to spammers and potentially used to infect computers and steal credit card details.

In a statement published online the group said that it had published the information to bring attention to the FBI apparently using the details to track Americans.

While the personal information has not been released, the hackers claim that a significant number of users will be able to search for their device, using their Apple device ID.

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