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How one man had most of his online life compromised and $3000 taken after his email was hacked

Anatomy of a Hack … In the early morning hours of October 21st, 2014, Partap Davis lost $3,000.  He had gone to sleep just after 2AM in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home after a late night playing World of Tanks. Tweets: @patphelan , @codinghorror , @dsilverman and @dtunkelang Tweets: Pat / @patphelan : Great post, guys bitcoin cleaned out and all digital assets taken over even with dual factor http://www.theverge.com/... Jeff Atwood / @codinghorror : Two factor compromise: we need to call AT&T and tell them to NEVER forward our phone numbers http://www.theverge.com/... Dwight Silverman / @dsilverman : You can do everything right, and still get your online life hacked. http://www.theverge.com/... Scary. Daniel Tunkelang / @dtunkelang : In the fight between security and convenience, security is simply outgunned. http://www.theverge.com/...

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