Hacking Nightmare Comes True: Mat Honan's Story : Discovery News

Hackers can do a lot worse than steal your data and identity. They can wipe your digital life almost entirely so you'll never get it back. Just ask Mat Honan, a writer for Wired who suffered this attack. Friday evening, the San Francisco-based journalist had his iPhone reboot to a setup screen, its storage erased.

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