IN 36 HOURS
and to find out when she would be away on holiday.
There was a bonus for our “crooks” on social media too. Ollie found a photo of her house keys she proudly posted when she moved into her new home. “They could be used to make a 3D image and duplicate set,” Ollie warned.
BURGLED
Already having her address, he could have easily burgled her. To make sure she was at work at the time, his sidekick Shaun sent her a greetings card email on Thursday using a common name she might know, John. She clicked on the link to see an image of cat and a Armed with my email address hacker looks up my password on a database of hacked emails and passwords message: “Hang in there, weekend is coming!”
The hackers now knew she wasn’t at home.
Shaun also found her password worked on her Cloud account – a web hard drive system where users back up emails, pictures, music and contacts. Thankfully her provider spotted the login came via the USA and blocked it.
In August 2014, 500 celebrity iCloud accounts were hacked leading to the leaking of naked pictures online, including some of the actress Jennifer Lawrence who called the attack a “sex crime”.
Apple strenuously denied its servers had been breached, with Once they have my password and email address they log on to a holiday booking site and from this get my home address and phone number many security experts pointing to password strength being the root of the problem.
A pi ece of computer code that repeatedly guessed common passwords is said to have been used in the attack.
Cyber crime is estimated to be worth £ 34billion a year.
Six million people have fallen victim to it in the past year, with 1.4 million reporting computer virus attacks, and 650,000 emails They go onto my picture storage and find a picture of my house keys which a 3D they could theoretically copy with I’m sent an e-card which I open. They use this to establish my location to see if I am home. They could then in theory go to my home when I am out with copies of my keys and social media profiles stolen. Alistair Carmichael, Lib Dem H Home Af f a i r s spokesman said: “Th e Sunday Mirror’s stor y shows the growing problem of cyber crime and how easy it is for criminals to get hold of our personal data.
“It is hugely alarming that the instances of cyber crime are almost double the p previously recorded crime rate. One in 10 people in the They now have access to my bank account, email, shopping accounts and iCloud storage UK has been affected by it and it costs firms and individuals billions every year.
“This is clearly an area that must be made a priority.
“People need to make sure they tighten up their online security and businesses need to do all they can to help increase protection.
“The Government has to do all it can to help fight this growing problem – making sure the police have the proper resources to prevent cyber crime and deal with it swiftly and efficiently.”
We only had to find her password once. It worked for all accounts OLLIE WHITEHOUSE ON VITAL KEY TO HACKING