It was hacked that easily because she used a poor password. It wasn’t a brute force attack so much as the perp researching her and putting together potential password combinations.
I read he/she did’nt guess her password, he/she reset her password by answering the yahoo password protection questions.
“It was hacked that easily because she used a poor password. It wasn’t a brute force attack so much as the perp researching her and putting together potential password combinations”
My understanding is that the hacker enabled Yahoo’s password retrieval function by jamming her mailbox. He/she/they had enough personal info (publicly available) to let the Yahoo function allow them to create a new password.
If I am wrong, please correct me.
That's incorrect. The hacker never did discover her original password.
He changed it with the "Forgot your Password" assistance, by doing a little research to the stock questions Yahoo provides for that, and trying different combinations of answers.
This had nothing to do with poor password selection, and everything to do with poor security on Yahoo accounts.
Check out Michelle Malkin's blog for details.