Account attacks

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

An interesting tale of account takeover, with phishing, social engineering, and 
extortion:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/how-i-lost-my-50000-twitter-username/

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rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person
to die.                                            - Malachy McCourt
victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
http://twitter.com/rslade
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