<i>&gt;It was all pretty mundane I agree, right up until they had her power of attorney and social security number.</i><p>They only got these <i>after she let them into her house and gave them physical access to her computer</i>. Of course it&#x27;s only common sense that anyone that is allowed into your home and onto your computer can &quot;pwn&quot; you and worse - hacker or not.  That&#x27;s why 99.9% of people, including this woman, wouldn&#x27;t allow strangers into their home and give them unfettered physical access to their computer.<p>The article title implies that they were able to &quot;pwn&quot; her through &quot;hacking&quot;.  The only mildly interesting they did in this regard was the spear-phishing attack based on her Facebook likes.