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Sarah Palin's email was easy to hack. Is yours?
Posted by Caitlin on September 18th, 2008
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Earlier this week, a hacker infiltrated Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account and posted screenshots online. According to Wired, gaining access to Palin's email was a relatively simple process. All the hacker needed was some basic, easily obtainable personal information to reset Palin's password. Since Palin is a public figure, the hacker was able to find her personal information using Wikipedia. You might not have your own Wikipedia page, but if you have a Facebook or MySpace profile, your email might be just as easy to hack. Today, Lifehacker posted some tips on how to protect your email from hackers by creating more secure passwords and password questions.
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September 18th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Thanks for posting this information! As someone that works with small businesses and small business computer consultants, I know security is a MAJOR issue for all business AND home users. And when you're a "non-technical" user (someone that is not a tech expert and doesn't quite know the ins and outs of security, data protection, etc.), which is what many if not most small business and home users are, you typically don't know all the different measures you need to take to make sure you're protected against malicious attacks, whether through email, web sites or some other method. I think because security continues to be a BIG issue, particularly as technology becomes more complex, the need to establish relationships with professional solution providers and tech experts is essential to making sure you're protected. Creating strong passwords is an EXCELLENT start to improving your own security online. I've been happy to see that so many free email providers (Google, Yahoo, etc.) are starting to implement testing devices as part of their systems to help users know just how secure their passwords actually are.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:00 am
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