Could the guy who co-founded one of the world's most profitable tech companies really have fallen for the oldest trick in the book? Just because you have billions, that doesn't make you immune from an online phishing scam.
Cult of Mac are reporting that a 'hacker' going by the name of orinOco has made the claim to fame by purportedly hacking into Steve Jobs Amazon account.
orinOco spelt out exactly how he tricked Jobs, adding that he only wanted to show the world how easily the Mac master could be duped and that it was related to the fallacy of the Mac OS. Linking OS security with a phishing attack is just a little long in the tooth for us though.
orinOco further explains how he sent Jobs a fake email that tricked the Apple honcho into logging onto a fake Amazon.com website, where he got hold of Jobs' login details and his personal history of some 20,000 items ordered on Amazon.
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| The hacker sent this as "proof" of the attack. Image source: Cult of Mac |
One thing's for sure - it's hardly the work of a hacking mastermind, but if true it does say something about Apple's love affair with the online retailer.
Some have already insisted that the word hack shouldn't apply in such a situation. If this is true, it's more likely to be the work of a weekend warrior scammer, with a personal Mac vendetta.
According to Cult of Mac, orinOco tried to offer up the account details (and its extensive back history of purchases) to top selling Steve Jobs biographers - a little ironic considering the source of the hack.
That being said, we still haven't received any offers - if at all, that any of this is actually true. And that's the problem; unless Amazon or Apple issue a statement - how do you prove that this actually happened? If orinOco is reading this, we have a message:
You can run, but you can't hide. Mac fans will find you and hunt you down.
