megan@elon (Megan Squire)

Dr. Megan Squire's blog -- Elon University, Department of Computing Sciences

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Security Blunder

Students, take note. When you get famous and successful, remember me fondly for telling you this serious piece of advice NOW while you're still young and you have time to really benefit from this: don't ever conduct state business out of a Yahoo email account, and don't put your zip code in as your password.

Governor Palin's Yahoo email account was hacked. I'm sure we could debate the use of the word "hacked" here, but the point is, the damage is done. Be smart.