Governor Palin’s Email Hacked - Could Yours Be?
People like easy passwords, people like simple systems.
Today’s news tells us that Governor Palin’s Yahoo email that she foolishly used for official business was hacked. They don’t know how yet, she may have been duped by a forged email into revealing her password (which you should never do anyway) or maybe by asking her to change it via a forged website.
It’s also possible that they got the password sent to them by Yahoo! since many of her private information is public knowledge - birthday, etc.
My advice is to NEVER use real information when signing up for one of these services. Use a password safe to store all of this information in.
And do not ever assume that what you send in an unencrypted email is private. Hackers and good ‘ol Uncle Sam can get it. Maybe even an IT person at your company or ISP.
Should you maybe take a look at some privacy software made easy?
