[LINK] Hacked with a series of bad/inadequate security measures

[Frank O'Connor]

And it seems Australian educational institutions (and specifically the University of NSW) are training hackers. (See: http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/how-unsw-creates-the-worlds-best-hackers-20130510-2jdbt.html)

The puppy Jan mentions below was a combination of social engineering, bad security practices on behalf of the victim, the dangers of the Cloud, and a number of security and customer management process deficiencies by Amazon, Apple and others that unfortunately dovetailed ... and all simply to get access to a Twitter account.

The UNSW hacker/security course is a tad more technical/traditional hacking inclined, and to me seems distinguished by the fact that the UNSW employs lecturers who now how to do it (e.g. design a rootkit, hack a system), and who are willing to apply practical training rather than theory to educate their charges.
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On 13/05/2013, at 8:29 AM, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:

> If you're eating your wheatbix, put them down before reading this.
> 
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/
> 
> Note the various fails along the way -- both human failures to follow 
> procedures re security questions and the interrelationships of 
> exposed information between major systems on Amazon and Apple. This 
> was originally posted in 2012. Makes me wonder if the same state of 
> affairs exists.
> 
> and here is the recovery story:
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/mat-honan-data-recovery/all
> 
> Jan
> 
> 
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