Rise Of Hackers Mat Honan Teenagers

The identity theft issue shows how the twitter account of mat honan a tech writer of wired magazine was compromised by a bunch of teenagers who simply destroyed his digital history and posted racist tweets on his twitter account.

Rise of hackers mat honan teenagers.

From the left john christopher phillip reynolds. Mat honan considered himself to be pretty savvy when it comes to security and internet but last year he discovered just how devious hackers can be. Now powerful cyber weapons are being uncovered. Computers hold our treasured photographs private emails and all of our personal information.

From pbs and nova our lives are going digital. Sanders mat honan eric chien liam o murchu. Directed by kate dart. We shop bank and even date online.

Honan actually had strong passwords for his accounts. A new global geek squad is harnessing cryptography to stay a step ahead of cybercriminals. This data is precious and cybercriminals want it. Now nova goes behind the scenes of the fast paced world of cryptography to meet.

In this murky world scientists are trying to harness the laws of physics and mathematics to protect us from the hackers. It s just online vandalism. And they were just teenagers.