[koevet]

I understand that getting your Amazon account hacked can lead to some head scratching situations and Amazon should really implement full SSL encryption. Having said that, what are the implications of getting your FB or Twitter or Flickr account hacked? Personally, even if annoying, I wouldn't consider it as a major issue in my digital life. I try not to mix business and private life (for instance, my FB friends are only friends, not colleagues. Same goes for Twitter) so do you see any other issue, a part from the "annoyng" factor?

[raesene]

There have been some interesting cases where fraudsters have hijacked facebook accounts and then used them for targeted phishing attacks.

One example of the attack http://techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/latest-facebook-scam-phishe...

In those cases the fraudsters have stolen the account completely and locked the original user out, but I guess it's that kind of attack + the information leakage aspect that could be a concern..

[koevet]

Yes, true. Something similar happened to me when a I have received an email (gmail) from a friend asking for money because she was stuck somewhere. Similar pattern. It's interesting to notice that this social engineering attacks are easy to carry in a place like US, where there is one common language. I immediately detected that the mail was a fraud, because this person would have never write to me in English.