The leak is ill-timed for Apple, before a series of key launches. It yesterday announced an event on September 12 in San Francisco, where it is expected to unveil the next version of its iPhone. A new, smaller iPad is also expected soon.

对于苹果来说，此次信息泄露发生的时点非常不利，因为该公司即将进行一系列关键的产品发布。苹果昨日宣布将于9月12日在旧金山举行一场活动，市场预计该公司将在活动中推出下一代iPhone手机。新款尺寸较小的iPad预计也将于近期面市。

The hackers said they had obtained the database of Apple device-identifiers from an FBI agent’s laptop. The FBI, whose international investigation into Anonymous and associates led to several arrests earlier this year, declined to comment.

黑客们表示，他们通过入侵美国联邦调查局(FBI)一位特工的笔记本电脑获得了苹果设备标识符的数据库。FBI拒绝置评。今年早些时候，FBI在其对黑客组织Anonymous及其分支展开的国际调查中逮捕了数人。

The leaked data centre on Apple’s “unique device identifiers, which can be used by app developers to send notifications and to track users. Apple is already preparing to phase out UDIDs. Security and privacy campaigners have argued they could be used to hijack associated accounts, such as Facebook or Twitter.

此次泄露的数据主要是苹果的唯一设备标识符（Unique Device Identifier，简称UDID），可被应用开发人员用于推送通知以及用户跟踪。苹果目前已准备逐步淘汰UDID。安全及隐私保护领域的活动人士指出，UDID可被用于入侵关联账户，例如Facebook或Twitter。

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