Emptyage: Yes, I was hacked. Hard.

emptyage:

So maybe you saw my Twitter going nuts tonight. Or you saw Gizmodo’s Twitter account blow up. Or you saw this in AllThingsD. Or this in the DailyDot. Although embarrassing, Twitter was the least of it. In short, someone gained entry to my iCloud account, used it to remote wipe all of my…

Honestly, I thought this was worth a reblog. This is a terrifying story and is a true signal that nothing is secure if there is a human element in the chain. If you read the story you will see that the problem was actually a simple human error in not detecting some social engineering. Hopefully Apple learn and put some better safeguards in place to prevent this stuff.

And for the record, I use two-factor authentication with my Google account, and I highly recommend that you do the same.

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  1. mklnorg reblogged this from emptyage and added:
    Mat Honans iCloud- und Google-Konto wurden gehackt. In weniger als einer Viertelstunde verlor er den Zugang zur iCloud,...
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    http://www.schoolanduniversity.com/study-programs/computer-and-information-technology
  3. kagenoneko reblogged this from emptyage and added:
    Heads up everyone! This is about how someone was hacked with social engineering. This was not a brute force attack.
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    Mat Honan: There are some big lessons we can all learn from this. First, it’s very, very important that your email...
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    ADignorantium Says:...important warning...EVERYONE who uses...
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    think about. How...your cloud life hacked.
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    This is an example of why cloud technology isn’t really an option yet and why Apple has to continue supporting CD drives...
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