Some Good Hacks Over the Weekend

It would seem that hacking/cracking has once again gone mainstream with no indication that they will be letting up anytime soon.

The first hack that caught my eye was one featuring the president that actually gained some traction since it appeared to come from a trusted news source.  News quickly spread and left agencies scrambling to fix their systems.  The second hack has yet to be confirmed but has to do with gadget maker Apple and their iCloud service.

A couple of weeks ago a Pastebin post popped up claiming the group had hacked into gadget maker Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iCloud service.  The group writes:

You'll have to check out the Daily Tech posting for more details.

On a side note the iCloud hack is a precursor to the dangers of hosting things "in the cloud".  A "cloud" is a series of virtual servers linked together to provide better accessibility and uptime over a single server solution.  The only problem is items in the cloud are shared so once you gain access to the system there is virtually no security.  Given the wealth of data people trust to these services I would fully expect to see more cloud breeches in the future, assuming they haven't already happened.

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