Yet look at all the trouble they went through. The vast majority of people who want to steal from you look for easy targets that involve far less work, like hacking Target. Sure it sounds scary but with even a little security effort you can make it not worth their while to attack you as an individual.
Exactly. It took several individuals two months to get into his files. I don't understand why number one on their list of attack vectors is physically breaking into his house. You're pen testing an individual and number one is B&E?
This is what I consistently tell people who won't back down from having so much of their personal stuff readily available on the internet. At the very least, make it somewhat difficult for people to connect the dots on your identity.
