Last week, attackers socially engineered Apple tech support to hack into a Wired writer’s iCloud account, wiping out the journalist’s iPhone, iPad, and Macbook Air, as well as compromising his Gmail and Twitter accounts.
Mat Honan recounted the gory tale in a blog post:
“At 4:50 PM, someone got into my iCloud account, reset the password and sent the confirmation message about the reset to the trash. My password was a 7 digit alphanumeric that I didn’t use elsewhere.”
Full Story: Apple Tech Support Gave Attackers Access to Journalist’s iCloud