Dropbox is down
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#12This is stupid. Leaking the database will compromise users, which may hurt the company a bit, but will hurt the common person more. Its a pointless hack that won't accomplish much more than just reporting the bug would.
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#13Its important to note this is not merely their website. All data between dropbox folders/clients is not being synced.
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#14Earlier 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.
IMO it is just an excuse because people are asking why hack them and sending a lot of hate instead of praise.
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#15Earlier 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.
What a pathetic excuse. Dropbox is loved and used by many people who depend on it. Their behaviour is disgusting nothing more than that.
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#16I am sure the people who did this must be "very proud" of themselves but there can be no justification for hacking something as innocuous as Dropbox.
Ugh, if there was vulnerabilities, it was going to get hacked one way or another.
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#17I am sure the people who did this must be "very proud" of themselves but there can be no justification for hacking something as innocuous as Dropbox.
Right. We encrypt everything after we have the sha1 of it, dropbox.
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#18Dropbox Status Update: https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/01/dropbox-status-update/
> We are aware of an issue currently affecting the Dropbox site. We have identified the cause, which was the result of an issue that arose during routine internal maintenance, and are working to fix this as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Comments are now, of course, closed. Whew, that's reassuring!
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#19Either 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.
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#20Surely the NSA has nothing to do with this...