Hacking at KYW-TV Philadelphia
Being a former Philadelphia resident, I found this one very interesting.
Former Philadelphia news anchor Larry Mendte on Monday was charged with hacking into the e-mail accounts of Alycia Lane, his co-anchor at CBS affiliate KYW-TV and reported rival, hundreds of times over the course of two years.
During this time, Mendte allegedly leaked privileged legal information about Lane’s personal life to the press “in an attempt to undermine his colleague’s ongoing legal cases,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Laurie Magid at a press conference on Monday. (as reported in Information Week)
This type of activity is very common today. People are always looking for an advantage over the competition. And it’s not only email but personal files on people’s computers at home and at work.
While nothing is 100%, it’s always important to remember the three rules of passwords; never share them with anyone, make sure they are strong (at least 6 characters, with mixed Alphanumeric and Chars) and change them on some regular basis. It also helps to add some sort of token-based security as well.
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