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A Perilous Cyber World: Guarding from Hackers

A Perilous Cyber World: Guarding Personal Information from Hackers and Thieves

08/14/2012

PBS News Hour

A Perilous Cyber World: Guarding from Hackers

Clip: 8/14/2012 | 8m 39s

A Perilous Cyber World: Guarding Personal Information from Hackers and Thieves

When tech writer Mat Honan's iCloud account was hacked, he lost control over his emails, phone, and personal computer, losing correspondence, photos of family members and more. Jeffrey Brown gets a lesson in protecting personal information online from Mat Honan of Wired magazine and Peter Pachal of Mashable.

08/14/2012

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