Gizmodo employee's iCloud account hacked; iPhone/iPad/MacBook all remote wiped

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b24pgg

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Aug 4, 2012

• #1

Scary. This guy had his Google/Twitter/iCloud accounts all connected so with one password (still not determined how it was obtained) the hacker was able to remote wipe every iDevice, delete the Google/Gmail accounts, and send malicious tweets.

Let this be a warning to exercise extreme caution when linking accounts.

http://www.emptyage.com/post/28679875595/yes-i-was-hacked-hard

 

ChristianVirtual

macrumors 601

• Aug 4, 2012

• #2

Poor guy, Scary it is ... And like with all tools: remotewipe it can be used for good and bad.
Time to verify the segregation & diversity of accounts and password quality again.

 

PNutts

macrumors 601

• Aug 4, 2012

• #3

The last update claims someone used social engineering and Apple Tech Support gave access to his account.

 

miles01110

macrumors Core

• Aug 5, 2012

• #4

This guy had his Google/Twitter/iCloud accounts all connected so with one password...

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Password security 101: Don't do this.