How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking

By: on 8.7.12
Mat Honan

Mat Honan

In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. In many ways, this was all my fault. My accounts were daisy-chained together. Getting into Amazon let my hackers get into my Apple ID account, which helped them get into Gmail, which gave them access to Twitter. Read the full story at Wired.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • Paula Lynn

    Now you are getting the hang of the purpose of FB, twits, etc. Another eg: You ordered the green, you got the blue but you can prove you were right right up until you saw what you ordered and it was changed to blue. You have no recourse. Switch out the colors for ideas, beliefs and facts. Call your friends and use the mail (even email)….as much as possible. But you won’t will you ?