To follow up on earlier post (Aug. 7, 2012) about the vulnerability of one’s digital life, the Telegraph wrote today that Apple and Amazon are reviewing their security after the “epic hack.”

Apple and Amazon are overhauling their security procedures after hackers were able to trick call centre staff into handing over passwords that allowed them to destroy a journalist’s “entire digital life.”

Apple has suspended a policy that meant users could reset their Apple ID password over the phone in exchange for relatively easy-to-obtain personal details: the email address, billing address and the last four digits of the credit card number associated with the account.

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