[HIB]Hackers were right to disclose AT&T-iPad Web site hole

If you are an iPad 3G user, it's possible that your e-mail address is in the hands of malicious hackers who could send you e-mails with malware targeted to infect your device. There's also the possibility--albeit much slimmer--that someone could use the serial number for your device to get more information on you and even track your whereabouts.That's because of a hole in AT&T's customer Web site for iPad 3G users that became public last week. AT&T issued an apology to its affected iPad 3G customers this weekend, but the company mostly used the e-mail to blame the hackers who discovered the problem instead of accepting responsibility for its own security oversight.That situation, and one involving a Google researcher who last week disclosed a hole affecting Windows before Microsoft had a chance to fix it, are provoking debate on what researchers should do when they find a security vulnerability that puts consumers and corporations at risk.

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