The inside story of how hackers destroyed Mat Honan's digital life

The Verge writes, Reporter Mat Honan fell victim to a multipronged attack by hackers this past weekend, and he's just published an exhaustive piece at Wired detailing the incident. Targeted simply because of his short, desirable Twitter handle, ultimately the perpetrators needed only Honan's Apple ID email address, billing address, and the last four digits of his credit card to wreak havoc on his digital life. But how they managed to obtain that sensitive information is easily the most worrisome aspect of this unfortunate story. By taking advantage of alarmingly relaxed security policies at Apple and Amazon,...

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