How this one innocuous tweet could hack a bank account

Posted by freedomforall 12 years, 3 months ago to Technology
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One inane tweet from mid-2012 was enough to start a chain reaction of information-gathering that could have rivaled the work of a government intelligence agency. And with that dossier of data, a hacker could have ended up ruining one man's life.
SOURCE URL: http://www.zdnet.com/tweet-tweet-your-bank-account-is-empty-7000026864/#ftag=RSS14dc6a9


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  • Posted by khalling 12 years, 3 months ago
    Wow. Another excellent article. FB is the largest weak link. It seems prudent to create different email accounts for most of your services. Do not use a public ( business) email to attach to sensitive accts.
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