Obama/McCain Hack

As you may or may not know, the U.S. campains were compromised by a foreign source. Information was taken and an investigation is still ongoing. Here are three thoughts on the incident:

Why the Obama-McCain Hack may be bigger than you think

Oh Noes! Obama and McCain’s Campaigns Were PWND

US Government Detects Attacks on Obama and McCain Computers

Palin's Yahoo account compromised

It's almost as if we had foreshadowed this event. We spoke on Monday about how insecure Yahoo! accounts could be if you know the person well enough. Sarah Palin has just learned this the hard way.

For someone who has such a high profile she should have at least thought of using some fake information for her user questions and better passwords.

More articles:

wikileaks
Wired

The upcoming aftermath:

Wired update
TheRegister


Let's see if this doesn't get blown out of proportion...

Hackers

We had talked in class about what ``Hackers'' are and even how to become one.

We even talked about how things can get exaggerated in the eyes of the media, by watching a Fox Special on ``Hackers on Steroids'' which demonstrates the media's hype of ``hackers'':



One of the items mentioned here, however was how a boy's myspace account was ``compromised'' several times. Myspace actually sends usernames and passwords in the clear, so it could be obtained. However, most of the time usernames and passwords are obtained by Phishing, where the user is tricked into giving their information. [We will talk more about phishing later...]

There is actually more to the story on the fellow in the Fox Special, however. You can search around for the details on your own ...