Apple and T-Mobile face class action lawsuit over an iPhone security flaw (iMessage and FaceTime)

guest · Jul 7, 2020

Lawsuit targets Apple iMessage, FaceTime flaw related to phone number recycling
July 6, 2020
https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...cetime-flaw-related-to-phone-number-recycling

A class action complaint filed Monday takes aim at Apple and T-Mobile for a long-running iMessage and FaceTime flaw that tied Apple services to a specific cellular number, leaving users open to inadvertent and continuous access to private data when a number was recycled.

Filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the proposed class action reaches back to an iMessage bug first discovered in 2011.

At the time, reports claimed stolen iPhones were receiving iMessages sent to a device's original owner. The activity continued in spite of proper safety protocols including changing an account holder's number, resetting an associated Apple ID and remotely wiping a stolen handset using iCloud security tools. Those early accounts were the first to document a more serious problem.
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As described in the filing, Ohanian purchased an iPhone 6s while on vacation in New York. He activated the device on T-Mobile's network and used it for about one year. T-Mobile later recycled Ohanian's number for use by Lopez, who was assigned the number when he switched carriers. Ohanian, who had since removed the T-Mobile SIM from his iPhone 6s, began to receive "extensive amounts" of unwanted communications addressed to Lopez. These messages included private photos and other correspondence.

Apple failed to remedy the problem when contacted, and the company failed to address the larger "pervasive data security breach" publicly. T-Mobile is on the hook for engaging in "deceptive" SIM card practices, the suit alleges.
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