<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I thought this would be of interest to the group. This is a story from August 2012, but this is my first time seeing it, so perhaps it's new to the group as well.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A Wired journalist has his Google and Apple and Twitter account hacked for lulz with the collateral damage of his Apple devices and laptop being remote-wiped. He thought someone had brute-forced his
password, but it turned out to be a matter of social engineering. He was contacted by the hacker who broke into his account and learned how it was done. These tricks were so simple, anyone could use them. I really hope the companies have locked down their systems since then.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Lan</font></div></div></body></html>