| ▲ | dosisking 3 hours ago | |
> I've got the feeling that the definition of "hacked" can get somewhat stretched. Kind of like how someone "hacked" into John Podesta's (during the 2016 elections), but the reality was that he wrote his password on a Post-It note and stuck it on his monitor, or something to that effect. | ||
| ▲ | wildzzz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
It was likely a phishing attack. A relative of mine somehow got phished for her Google account last month. | ||
| ▲ | fmbb an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
From where are you getting this post-it note nonsense? Media reported it as a spear phishing attack from a Russian hacker group: https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-hackers-broke-into-john-... | ||
| ▲ | Barrin92 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
>but the reality was that he wrote his password on a Post-It note and stuck it on his monitor that doesn't change the hacking charge (which is an informal term for various Computer Fraud and Abuse act statutes). The key criteria is unauthorized access to a computer system, it doesn't matter if you obtained a password trivially or not. You don't need to wear a black hoodie and be an elite haxor to qualify for cyber crime charges. | ||