How Gaps In Apple And Amazon’s Security System Allowed Hackers To Destroy A Reporter’s Digital Life

On Friday night, Wired reporter Mat Honan’s recounted how his iCloud account was hacked.
The hackers who gained access to Honan’s iCloud account remote wiped his iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air after hijacking the iCloud account. They also managed to get access to his Gmail account and to his former employer Gizmodo’s Twitter account.
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