El Reg article
8-digit password? How 1990s.
But it does point up the perils of becoming famous.
The move by AT&T came this week after Mitnick hired a lawyer to complain that his privacy was being invaded by people posting Mitnick's account information in public hacking forums. It included the eight-digit password Mitnick used to authenticate himself online, the numbers for his cell phone and land lines, his billing address, and the last four digits of his social security number.
But it does point up the perils of becoming famous.
