18th September 2008
The Palin hack didn't require any real skill. Instead, the hacker simply reset Palin's password using her birthdate, ZIP code and information about where she met her spouse - the security question on her Yahoo account, which was answered (Wasilla High) by a simple Google search.
— Kim Zetter, Wired
Recent articles
- Writing about Agentic Engineering Patterns - 23rd February 2026
- Adding TILs, releases, museums, tools and research to my blog - 20th February 2026
- Two new Showboat tools: Chartroom and datasette-showboat - 17th February 2026