Palin’s Yahoo Mail Hacked and Published

Sarah PalinU.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account gets hacked and of its contents are reportedly published on the Wikileaks Web site. A hacking group known as Anonymous gained access to Palin’s Yahoo account late Tuesday night and sent the information to Wikileaks. “Governor Palin has come under criticism for using private e-mail accounts to conduct government business and in the process avoid transparency laws,” Wikileaks wrote in a note.

Hidden Date of Birth exposed in Facebook

Facebook A test run of new design by Facebook left the members’ hidden birth date information exposed. Earlier this month the full dates of birth of many of Facebook’s 80 million active users were visible to others. The flaw appeared to be fixed now. The flaw was first detected by Sophos, a world leader in IT security. Sophos has published a video, demonstrating the security hole:

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