IPad 3G owners account information compromised

Yeah, I've notice that ever since they were denied a press pass to WWDC, Gizmodo has been piling on some Apple hate. Before the WWDC snub, I think it's fair to say they were pro-Apple. Ever since WWDC, there's been more anti-Apple stories written, and there are little one-line cheapshots in some of the more 'unbiased' stories. I've gotten sick of Gizmodo/Gawker's childish behavior and have been sticking to other tech sites now.

Yea their title, "Apple's Worst Security Breach," doesn't quite seem to fit.

Although, if you're talking about gaping security holes it makes better sense than some names.

I'm pretty sure that exclusivity ends soon; it's a question of renewing it or not.

You get discounts on AT&T plans if you work for the government (for personal or professional use). You give the address to get the discount

It's vaguely possible that some email name schemes could reveal something of an organizational structure that could be of some sort of value to someone. You'd be able to get multiple addresses from the same org, most likely.

But that would indicate security flaws with the naming scheme as much as anything else.

If they thought of access control or rate-limiting, they wouldn't have made this mistake in the first place... this is strictly an amateur move.