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Re: Dropbox is down

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Post by chrislaco »

kapkapkap wrote: post #13

Its important to note this is not merely their website. All data between dropbox folders/clients is not being synced.

Not only not being synced.. I'm also seeing some files being much older than what they used to be.

Re: Dropbox is down

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Post by citruspi »

possibilistic wrote: post #7
citruspi wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They say they're doing it in honor of Aaron Swartz[0]. (It's the eve of his death). [0]: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421831664239509504

How does this honor Aaron? Aaron wouldn't have done something like this.

Honestly, I'm not sure, and I definitely don't think it's some Aaron would have done.

Re: Dropbox is down

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Post by el_duderino »

rlu wrote: post #19

Either hackers took it down and Dropbox is lying on their status page, or Dropbox did routine maintenance and Anonymous is taking false credit. Unfortunately, I find option #1 to be more likely.

Probably. But due to how huge they are now, I don't blame them for trying to pass this off as a routine maint thing. Shit's either going to blow up or will be OK.

Re: Dropbox is down

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Post by jrochkind1 »

InclinedPlane wrote: post #9
minimaxir wrote: post #2

Apparently the website has been compromised: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421820685766250496 The hackers are also threatening a database leak: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421822727331131392 EDIT: Dropbox's statement is that it's maintainance issues: https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/01/dropbox-status-update/ EDIT2: There is a high probability that the Twitter account is faking the hack, due to the "proof" of…

I'm thankful there are so many folks out there still doing this sort of thing for "fun" or pure mischieviousness. Imagine how much worse it could be if they tried to be as stealthy as possible, got people downloading a hijacked dropbox service, etc. Edit: which isn't to say this sort of thing is awesome, but it's a damn sight better than the alternative. These sorts of pranksters are like cow pox, and hopefully they…

so, so, true.

Every time a serious hack-and-reveal happens, I wonder how many times it's _already_ happened, by someone who kept it quiet for their own continued use.

Re: Dropbox is down

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Post by taternuts »

possibilistic wrote: post #7
citruspi wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They say they're doing it in honor of Aaron Swartz[0]. (It's the eve of his death). [0]: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421831664239509504

How does this honor Aaron? Aaron wouldn't have done something like this.

It's a ridiculous claim.... they want more publicity. Dropbox has done nothing to warrant this attack for 'activism'. Let's hope they don't leak sensitive information if Dropbox reaches out to them and fixes the issue - that would especially be something Aaron wouldn't do.

Re: Dropbox is down

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Post by dclara »

It's unbelievable to realize that the Yahoo or Google never experienced such accident. This is not the time for maintenance. Failover is the key, production should have hardware load balancing to switch to, right? Actually the front end should not be affected with the backend, unless the entire website is compromised.
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