Black Cloud Looms Over Apple
The hacking of a tech journalist has exposed a massive hole in Apple's iCloud security
If you haven't already, read the story about the epic hack of Mat Honan that he wrote for Wired. It's a cuationary tale that every iCloud user needs to read. The hacker's presumed motive was Honan's @mat Twitter account which they wanted to broadcast spam vitriol to his 15,000 followers -- but what they got was much more.
They started with his iCloud account and once in control of it they were able to recover the passwords for his Google and Twitter accounts. Using Apple's Find My iPhone and Find My Mac services the hackers were able to remotely wipe his iPhone, iPad and his MacBook Air. Oh, and they deleted his Google/Gmail account for good measure.
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