Former Gizmodo reporter says device wipes and Twitter breaches occurred after an
AppleCare technician fell victim to a bit of social engineering.
Former Gizmodo reporter Mat Honan is blaming an AppleCare technician for allowing his
Former Gizmodo reporter Mat Honan is blaming an AppleCare technician for allowing his
personal e-mail and Twitter accounts to be hacked, as well as the tech blog's official feed.
The Gizmodo breach, apparently perpetrated by a person or group of people calling
The Gizmodo breach, apparently perpetrated by a person or group of people calling
themselves Clan W3, was brief but resulted in racist and offensive tweets being sent to
the tech blog's 415,000 followers on Friday. Gizmodo initially blamed its former reporter
for the tweets and quickly regained control of its account.
But Honan, who currently works for Wired, was not so fortunate. He described in a
blog posthow he had learned his iCloud account had been breached by a hacker who
wiped his devices and gained access to his Gmail and Twitter accounts. Now he says
an Apple technician fell victim to social engineering, a technique of manipulating people
instead of computers to perform a task or divulge information:
