Having Secured Password: Unlike Mark Zuckerberg
In the last week or so, several high-profile social networking accounts have been hijacked by hackers, including those belonging to Katy Perry, Mark Zuckerberg and Keith Richards. And even though control of all these accounts was quickly restored back to their owners, it was still a very embarrassing experience for the celebs: Katy Perry's 89 million followers had to endure a tirade of racists words and insults, while the official Tenacious D Twitter account, also hacked over the weekend, incorrectly tweeted member Jack Black had died, seriously freaking out his fans. The string of high-profile account hijacks appears to be connected to a recent LinkedIn password dump, where up to 117 million usernames and passwords, dating from 2012, were stolen. Right now, you're probably wondering these two things: How can this happen to someone like Mark Zuckerberg? If this can happen to someone like him, is it even possible to prevent it? The first question is a little t...