ICYMI: The Inside Story of How CNN Got Hacked

in case you missed itYou may have heard about how the Free Syrian Army hacked some of CNN’s social media accounts and blogs last week. In Mashable reporter  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai’s piece on the attack, he actually gets to interview the hackers themselves. Pretty cool stuff. The result is a fascinating look behind the scenes at how hacking actually works. It also serves as a good primer in social media security for media companies. From the article:

One CNN employee fell for the first wave of phishing emails, revealing his password on the fake login page.

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