Elyse Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/ Wow, that's not good. Makes me nervous... But, man, I don't care how that hacker justifies his actions. He's a dick and I hope he gets put in jail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 That is scary reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Simple rule. Don't link your accounts together. A lot of websites HO included allow you to log in via facebook. So if you link everything to your facebook log in they only need that and you're screwed. And. . . . as most people don't log out of facebook if someone gets access to your details they can pretty much get access to your entire digital life. Change your passwords regularly. make your passwords contain numbers e.g. if your password is indigo then make it 1nd1g0 makes it harder to guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWolf Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Yes. Most people don't realise how easy it is to get your account(s) compromised. You might not consider that one single account you have on a website to be important, but understand what someone could do with it once he logs into that account. He might get access to your other accounts using details you left on there. Normally you wouldn't have to worry about such attacks as a normal person wouldn't bother spending so much time just breaking into your account when there's nothing in return for it. But as you can see in this news item, it can happen. Most important key to secure your accounts is to ALWAYS have a different password on every site. First it may sound awful to remember one, but don't try creating a secure password every time again. Create a strong algorithm that takes into account the name/address/use for that site that generates a unique password for each. You only have to remember how to create it once and have strong passwords every time. For example, you can have your regular password and than use the 3nd, 1st and last character of the website's name in it somewhere. Secondly, having a failsafe in case someone breaks into your account. If your email gets compromised, where will it send a password reset to? Will this person have access to it too? How secure is that? This website is a helpful tool to determine whether you have a good password or not by the way. The one I use for this forum would take a million years to get cracked, lol http://howsecureismypassword.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 oh gosh look what you guys have done I am now changing all of my passwords different site different password now and I never liked the idea of leaving Facebook without logging out =\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 According to that website Jos posted, my passwords would take around 37 million years for a desktop pc to hack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 LOL and it'll take about 48.000 years to crack mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 59 years, oh dear that's not so good is it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian brown Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) The main problem with what happened to this guy is that he's an Apple fanboi. Everything was linked via his Apple account/iCloud, that meant they could wipe everything remotely because he'd applied the 'find me' options that were allegedly 'secure'. Obviously they're not! This wasn't hacking in the literal sense, they gained information & used it to get into Apples systems. They didn't 'hack' their way through any security system or firewall, they were allowed, easily, it would seem! They didn't even 'crack' a password Edited October 15, 2012 by brian brown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherrie-Nanook-Indy Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Oh god mine would get hacked in 19 seconds Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 I'd have a list as long as my arm if I changed my password to every site / forum etc I am on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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