Oh wow. So sad. So could have been me. So what are Apple and Amazon doing about this?<br><br>Matt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Lan Dang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:l.dang@ymail.com" target="_blank">l.dang@ymail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/</a></font></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lan</font></div></font></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br>