Apple's Icloud Account Hacked, Raises Concern

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Hackers have once again created a havoc as the iCloud account of a renowned journalist from Wired, Mat Honan was hacked, mainly with the help of the security holes that were spotted by them in the Amazon and Apple security systems. The hackers then took over Honan's Gmail account and then wiping off all the data remotely from all the devices that he used.The next step was the taking over of the Twitter account of the same person, in addition they also hacked into the Twitter account of the previous employer of Honan,Gizmodo.This incident which has precisely caused damage to the data of a single individual, has made the alarm ring for many others who store their valuable data in the same way. This was also a piece of warning that Honan himself issued on an article on Wired.

 

The hackers started with obtaining the email address of Honan which was available online after some tempering done with Amazon, they acquired the last four digits of Honan's credit card number. They then made a call to Apple's customer support and under the disguise of Honan, managed to verify his identity and this landed them with the access to Honan's iCloud account and .Me account which also served as the back up account for Honan's Gmail account and as they could get into the gmail account they tried their hands on changing the settings of all the key accounts that used details of his Gmail account.

 

One of the hackers even interacted with Honan saying that there was no personal grudge or any serious reason that made them act this way. Apple expressed its concern and felt that their own security structure to make the data of the customers as secure as possible. Amazon has not commented on the matter yet.

 

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