Hackers infiltrate Salma Hayek’s e-mail

Mexican actress Salma Hayek may have her hands full after her hubby was briefly “boss-napped” in France and over her reported re-marrying ceremony to be held in Venice. Now it seems that hackers broke into her personal e-mail records.

As reported by Gawker today, messages of Hayek’s Mac-related e-mail address was “released by habitués of the online bulletin board 4chan (and) appear to be authentic.” Hayek apparently received messages about items including scans of articles from tabloids, iPhone apps, and an invitation to attend America Ferrera's 25th birthday party.

Why are we mentioning this? Not so much for the celebrity angle or to take a voyeuristic look into her life. Rather, a simple tip: don’t make your e-mail password so easy to guess.

Breaking into the account was a simple matter of knowing Hayek's birthday — September 2 — and guessing at her security word (they claim it was the name of her best known movie role) to reset the account's password.

Click here for some great tips on how to create a solid password. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to change the password to our e-mail address!

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Online Sources- Reuters, Gawker, UPI, New York University, Gawker