High-Profile Googler Scolds Skype for Lax Response to Hacking
In mid-November, as reports emerged that Skype accounts could be hijacked if hackers know just the email address linked to the account, Google’s director of Web spam, Matt Cutts, was getting his account hacked, he learned today when he tried to log in again.
In mid-November, as reports emerged that Skype accounts could be hijacked by hackers armed with no more than the email address linked to the account, Google’s director of Web spam, Matt Cutts, was getting his account hacked, he learned today when he tried to log in again.
And, he said on Google+, he’s never heard from Skype about how to repossess his account despite the company’s claims in November that it would reach out to affected users.
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