Sarah Palin goes the way of Paris Hilton.

ITworld

Yesterday, it was reported that wannabe VP Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account was hacked by a perpetrator wishing to find incriminating information in her emails. It was not done using some strange computer security vulnerability. It was not done by guessing her password. It was done just inthe same way as Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile account was hacked some time ago: by guessing the answer to the respective owner’s security questions. For Paris Hilton, it was the name of her dog. For Sarah Palin, it was her zip code, date of birth, ad where she met her husband.

How hard is it to learn somebody’s zip code? Not that hard.Try the whitepages. Date of birth? Easy for a public figure – try Google. This will take you less than a minute each. Now, we know that Sarah Palin and her husband were high school sweethearts. The answer to this question turned out to be “Wasilla High School”. All in all, it took the reported hacker less than 45 minutes to break into the account. In fact, using your pet's name appears more security conscious than using zip code, date of birth and where you met your spouse. ..........