Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoWhat do you think of the reddit hack that supposedly happened?www.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10cross-posted to: snoocalypse@lemmy.mltech@kbin.socialfrance@lemmy.world
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkWhat do you think of the reddit hack that supposedly happened?www.forbes.comPhoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: snoocalypse@lemmy.mltech@kbin.socialfrance@lemmy.world
minus-squarefemboy_link.mp4@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThey didn’t access the data through a vulnerability in the code, they phished some employee credentials and access it that way.
minus-squareFarceMultiplier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThat in itself is a vulnerability. In my company we check for impossible travel, browser variance, etc. Credentials are only one aspect of this.
minus-squarefemboy_link.mp4@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoTrue, I just interpreted your comment differently to that.
They didn’t access the data through a vulnerability in the code, they phished some employee credentials and access it that way.
That in itself is a vulnerability. In my company we check for impossible travel, browser variance, etc. Credentials are only one aspect of this.
True, I just interpreted your comment differently to that.