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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Dropbox error allows any password for around four
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Tue Jun 21 18:53:19 2011
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:03:21 -0700
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Dropbox error allows any password for around four hours
http://j.mp/lwPpv7 (TekGoblin)
"Dropbox confirmed today that for some time yesterday, any users
account was accessible without a password. The glitch was a
programming error related to a code update and accounts were only
vulnerable from around 1:54 pm PST to 5:46pm PST."
- - -
*Only* four hours in the middle of the day. Nothing to worry
about then, right? Yeah ... riiiiight.
--Lauren--
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