In some cases, it appears that the victim had an easy-to-guess password. In some other cases, the victim no longer uses the account but did not delete it.
Basically, the lessons are that you should have a hard-to-guess password. If your account is hacked, change the password to something complicated and notify your contacts.
Hacking can happen to anyone:
...Bob
Hertzberg, the former Assembly speaker mounting a political comeback
for the state Senate in the June 3 election, learned last week that his
email account was hacked. So, how would people know they were
receiving a hacked email, as it asked people to contribute money — much
as all the other emails they received from Hertzberg and every other
politician do. In a mass email sent out last week, Hertzberg urged voters to look closely at the anything they receive from his campaign. “The
dummy account set up by the hackers uses two R’s in my first name
(rrobert.hertzberg19),” Hertzberg said, adding it is not known if anyone
contributed to the faked account and that he has reported the crime to
authorities. He believe it was a sophisticated operation based on the
East Coast. “They went into my email, got the name of my
accountant and sent a note asking that my bank be notified to make a
wire transfer,” Hertzberg said. “Fortunately, the bank checked with me,
and we were able to catch it." ...
Full story at http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20140511/tipoff-hertzberg-gets-hacked-issues-warning
Full story at http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20140511/tipoff-hertzberg-gets-hacked-issues-warning
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