Finally commenting on the release Monday of 1 million Apple mobile device IDs by self-described Anonymous hackers (who said they’d obtained 12 million Apple device IDs in total from hacking an FBI agent’s laptop), Apple told All Things D that it never provided UDIDs to the FBI. In addition, the company reiterated that it was phasing-out the standard completely with the general release of iOS 6, expected along with the new iPhone next week.
Here’s Apple’s full statement to All Things D:
“The FBI has not requested this information from Apple, nor have we provided it to the FBI or any organization. Additionally, with iOS 6 we introduced a new set of APIs meant to replace the use of the UDID and will soon be banning the use of UDID,” Apple spokesperson Natalie Kerris told AllThingsD.
