Though the Guardian this time had a much better article and how this event has produced changes.
Hope described the former prime minister’s sentiment as “possibly the most pure and powerful Australian energy a human can possess”, and said he was impressed by Abbott’s response.
“That’s exactly the right way to respond when someone tells you about a security problem,” he wrote.
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realised he just wanted to understand what had happened to him, and more about how technology works. That’s the same kind of curiosity I had, that started this whole surrealist three-act drama.
“The point of this story isn’t to say ‘wow Tony Abbott got hacked, what a dummy’. The point is that if someone famous can unknowingly post their boarding pass, anyone can.”
In a short statement, a spokesman for Abbott said: “Mr Hope brought this to the attention of relevant bodies earlier this year, and it has since been resolved.”
Qantas said it appreciated Hope bringing the post to its attention “in such a responsible way, so we could fix the issue, which we did several months ago”.
Hacker Alex Hope says he used a photo of a plane boarding pass Abbott posted on Instagram to obtain the information
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