Can I be hacked – Yes, you Kanye!

kanyeIt has emerged that Kanye West, the rapper, record producer and singer has fallen victim to a hacker. It appears that his Twitter, MySpace, Gmail and other personal online accounts have been compromised. As if that was not bad enough, the people who compromised his accounts, then went onto make postings and spread malicious rumours.

He is quite rightly outraged, at the fact, that he has been hacked and also about the untrue rumours. In a very emotional blog posting, Kanye West outlines, that last week saw two of the best days of his life, then followed by probably his worst, when this hack was then uncovered.

It is unclear just how these accounts were compromised. However, given that all of personal accounts were compromised almost at once, you could presume that he was probably using the same password, or an easy to guess password that could be brute-forced. It further demonstrates the need to use different passwords for the sites you log into and also that they be complex passwords.  Password managers are becoming a necessity for life on-line, given the number of sites we have to use the value of the information we store use and collect. We implemented the Norton Identity Safe to help people avoid the pitfall that has visited Kanye this week. It allows users to easy store multiple passwords in one safe place, encourages them to make use of complex passwords and is convenient and simple to use.  So, the lesson is that you can keep your identity safe on line – Yes you Kanye!

January 28, 2009 | Filed Under Security 

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