“Once the hacker gained access to Honan’s iCloud account, he or she
was able to reset his password, before sending the confirmation email
to the trash. Since Honan’s Gmail is linked to his .mac email address,
the hacker was also able to reset his Gmail password by sending a
password recovery email to his .mac address.Minutes later, the hacker used iCloud to wipe Honan’s iPhone, iPad
and Macbook Air remotely. Since the hacker had access to his email
accounts, it was effortless to access Honan’s other online accounts
such as Twitter.”
Every new technology has people, the pioneers, who buy into the vendors hype … and pay a price for that.
We should learn from them.
Related articles
- Hard-Learned Lessons from the Honan Hack (lumension.com)
- 60-minute Security Makeover: Prevent Your Own ‘Epic Hack’ (pcworld.com)
- Former Gizmodo writer Mat Honan’s hacked iCloud password leads to nightmare (nextlevelofnews.com)
- Apple Flooded with iCloud Password Reset Requests Amid Tightened Account Security Controls (macrumors.com)
- How Secure Is the Cloud, Really? (technewsworld.com)
