Journalist blames Apple tech for allowing iCloud hack

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By Steven Musil
CNET News
Security & Privacy
August 5, 2012

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 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 post how 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:

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