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Hacked "hard" via the cloud.

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A warning about having multiple interlinked devices and accounts.
hacked really hard

So maybe you saw my Twitter going nuts tonight. Or you saw Gizmodo’s Twitter account blow up. Or you saw this in AllThingsD. Or this in the DailyDot. Although embarrassing, Twitter was the least of it. In short, someone gained entry to my iCloud account, used it to remote wipe all of my devices, and get entry into other accounts too.

A very scary story and a good read.
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