How to find happiness in a world of password madness

[JMH]

In early August, Wired reporter Mat Honan had his most precious passwords hacked via a complex series of social engineering exploits. The breach made headlines because it exposed security flaws in Apple and Amazon customer service policies; but lets not forget that the Honan saga capped a long summer full of server invasions that exposed millions of user passwords en masse.
In June, hackers stole some 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords and posted them online. That same month, intruders compromised about 1.5 million eHarmony passwords in a security breach, and in July hackers grabbed 450,000 Yahoo Voice passwords. Among the most common passwords used by those Yahoo members: "123456," "welcome," and the ever-popular "password."

http://www.itworld.com/security/296210/how-find-happiness-world-password-madness

 

[jcgriff2]

Soon enough the hackers will be able to turn the webcam on, pan down and read the usernames & passwords that so many have taped to their systems!