It could be a way of taking over someone's email account, even if they are alive. It would not be difficult to fake an obituary, especially since anyone can cre

It could be a way of taking over someone's email account, even if they are alive. It would not be difficult to fake an obituary, especially since anyone can create an account and post a short blog. Most of these sites require a photo of a death certificate, but those are also easily photo-shopped. Imagine what sort of damage you could do if you had access, even for a day, to Tim Cook's email? Some other CEO of a Fortune 100 company? A celebrity? I'm surprised this isn't used more often as an attack vector.