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Read the statement carefully: “The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exp
by blakdawg 14y ago
Read the statement carefully:
“The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed. At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data.”
it doesn't actually deny that the laptop was compromised, or that the FBI asked for and received the data - it just say "at this time there is no evidence" of that.
The twitter statement "Statement soon on reports that one of our laptops with personal info was hacked. We never had info in question. Bottom Line: TOTALLY FALSE" is a lot clearer.
I wonder why they had to move from "TOTALLY FALSE" to "at this time we have no evidence."
There's also a lot of wiggle room there for them to say that the laptop was not an FBI laptop (perhaps it belonged to the NCFTA), or that the NCFTA requested/received the information from Apple, not the FBI.
The FBI may not be lying, but they're awfully good at telling the truth very carefully.