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Did Steve Jobs’ Amazon account get hacked?

By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial

Posted in Steve Jobs, hacking, Amazon, Apple on May 18, 2009 at 3:21 pm

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It’s been reported that a hacker has claimed responsibility for hacking Steve Jobs’ Amazon.com account.

According to Cult of Mac,  the hacker identifying himself as Orin0co attempted to sell journalists his credit card details as well as other details of his Amazon.com account, such as his purchase history in the last 10 years.

Orin0co claimed he managed to fool Jobs simply by sending him a fake Amazon.com email that convinced him to log onto a fake Amazon.com website.

Apple will not comment on the claims, while Amazon.com were said to have no knowledge about whether his account had been hacked or not.

It does seem highly unlikely that somebody as technologically savvy as Steve Jobs would have fallen victim to something as simple as an email phishing scam.

The hacker also claimed that Jobs bought 20,000 items from Amazon.com in the last ten years -  a total of five a day!

It seems very doubtful - though he’s hugely rich, where exactly would have he have found the time to do this shopping? - considering he’s had things like Apple world domination, the iPod and the iPhone to keep him busy.

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