[SLL] Gmail Security Hole

Brian Lane bcl at brianlane.com
Fri Jun 1 23:29:42 PDT 2007


Jerry Horvath wrote:
> I just got off the phone with my brother.  He lives in the Washington
> DC area.  He confirms that I never used the system that accessed my
> G-Mail account..  The last time I used one of his systems occurred
> over two years ago in Chicago.  Then, I used his laptop.  We are still
> trying to determine precisely what happened.
> 

#1. Have you changed your password since you used his laptop?

#2. Did he migrate his settings from his laptop to any other machines?

I think this is a good demonstration of why you have to be VERY careful 
about the machines you type your passwords into. And its a good 
justification for going out and getting yourself a Mac Book Pro to carry 
with you :)

Brian

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