Hilton Hack
I enjoyed seeing paris hilton’s private data dragged into public view for ridicule and amusement (cover your eyes prudes, ungodly female nipples after that link) as much as anyone, but this is just the icing on the cake:
Her “secret question” for lost password retrieval was “what is your favorite pet’s name?”. The correct answer lets anyone reset the password for her account. Best thing ever? According to this story at macdevcenter the hole wasn’t closed as of tuesday, several days after the leak of her private data. Lesson learnt: don’t use password hint systems. I wonder if the intruders where inspired by this recent piece by Bruce Schneier…
And don’t miss out on defamer and gawker with their extensive coverage of this mess. God bless Nick Denton and his smutpeddlers staff.