The password reset that opened a public figure's email · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave reconstructs the 2008 Sarah Palin Yahoo email breach as a human failure rather than an advanced technical attack. A public email address, biographical facts and an answerable password-recovery question were enough to reset the account, showing how information that seems harmless can become the key to a targeted attack.
This excerpt runs from 2:41.378 to 5:05.410 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2008-09-20. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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