Don't use a password used on one site. Former hacker tips

Don't use a password used on one site. Former hacker tips

Don't use a password used on one site. Former hacker tips

Kyle Melican, 30, of Arkansas. He was jailed for a long time after being found guilty of hacking. Now he is out of jail. On his release from prison, he has provided internet users with useful tips.

Kyle started hacking at the age of 17. They hacked the accounts of many celebrities on MySpace and used them to send Internet marketing spam mails.

When they started making $ 5,000 a week, they hacked millions of emails, forums and social media accounts. His major accidents include theft of 17.5 million disqus, 5.2 million of kickstarter and 1.7 million accounts of mugger. They claim to have stolen millions of Twitter and Pinterest accounts.

Kyle used the stolen password list on other websites.

They believed that users use passwords from one site to another. Once they had access to an account, they would send spam messages to all their contacts.

He earned $ 1.4 million from his 168 million login records. He cooperated with the FBI when he was arrested. Leaving your black hat hacker (hacking for negative purposes) in the company. He was then sentenced to 17 months in prison.

Kyle told ZDNet in an interview that using people's password from one site to another helped them a lot. Kyle says users shouldn't use one site's password to another to protect their accounts.