The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disputed a hacker group's claim that they had breached an FBI agent's laptop, gaining access to over 12 million Apple device IDs.
AntiSec, a group of hackers, reportedly posted a file on the internet, saying that it contained more than one million of Apple's so-called UDID codes (unique identification numbers), which could include iPads and iPhones.
"At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data," the BBC quoted the FBI, as saying in a statement.
AntiSec said that it gained the codes from the laptop of an FBI agent called Christopher Stangl, who is understood to work in the bureau's Regional Cyber Action Team.
Along with the posted file, the group said in a statement that it had only released 'a piece' of the 12 million unique identification numbers and personal information of Apple device owners that it got from the FBI agent's laptop.
AntiSec suggested that the 12 million codes were being used by the FBI to track the associated users, the report said.
However, the FBI said it had no indication of any link to its agent or computer, the report added.
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