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In response to "Dropbox just got hacked." by David

FWIW, Dropbox is saying that it's related to internal maintenance. Which could be code for "someone left the door open".

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jan 10 '14, 19:22

The alleged hackers are saying they'll give Dropbox some time to "fix vulnerabilities" but that they might do a "database leak" if it suits them.

For the time being, the site & API are down. Grr.

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which alleged hackers, there are three different grouosnclwiming they each caused this? -- nm - Truman Jan 10, 19:27 4
- I'd only heard of two - 1775 Jump Street and Anonymousse. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 19:50
- TechCrunch says the group that begins with an A. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 19:50 1
  - yet its probably not the famous one. -- nm - Truman Jan 10, 19:54
- wow, swype really screwed that word up -- nm - Truman Jan 10, 19:37

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FWIW, Dropbox is saying that it's related to internal maintenance. Which could be code for "someone left the door open".

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