Beyond the Password
September 27, 2011
"One day five months ago, Karim Hijazi saw an unusual sight while reading his work email. A message that had been marked as "read" was suddenly marked "unread." What the founder of Unveillance, a computer-network security firm, soon learned was that hackers had broken into his account.
The hackers gained access to his email by stealing log-in information from an insecure website, which they then matched up with a password they found on the Internet. After downloading all of his emails, the hackers sent Mr. Hijazi a message demanding he share sensitive security information with them. When he refused, the hackers released his emails on the Web.
"It was like a baby with a gun," he says."
Read more: The Wall Street Journal
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