I got hacked mid-air while writing an Apple-FBI story

Posted by superchink on Sunday February 28, 2016 @12:59AM
from the usatoday.com dept.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2016/02/24/got-hacked-my-mac-while-writing-story/80844720/

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Re:I got hacked mid-air while writing an Apple-FBI story by gaur on Sunday February 28, 2016 @02:58AM (#11190262)

Maybe I'm exposing my ignorance here: why is using HTTPS not enough to prevent getting "hacked" in this case?

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Re:I got hacked mid-air while writing an Apple-FBI story by stefanix on Sunday February 28, 2016 @03:49AM (#11190373)

Either the guy hacked into the journalist's computer or the journalist is offendingly clueless about basic data hygene and does not even use transport encryption on his email.

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Re:I got hacked mid-air while writing an Apple-FBI story by qbrass on Sunday February 28, 2016 @01:35PM (#11191797)

Or the guy sitting behind him just looked over his shoulder.

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