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Re: Techcrunch hacked by OurMine

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Why can't they be trusted? Because they break the law?

Some people believe if a person breaks one law, they may be more inclined to break other laws.

I was implying the question; does breaking laws makes someone untrustworthy?

Re: Techcrunch hacked by OurMine

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I have been following the recent hacks by the OurMine group, and find it all fascinating. If anyone knows more about the group, their motives and how they actually manage to compromise various high profile social media accounts and websites, please do share it here.

Here's a Wired article from June about them: https://www.wired.com/2016/06/meet-ourmine-security-group-ha... The way the article is written, the writers can't seem to be able to get handle on why they hack the places they do and if they're black hats or white hats.

Great piece.

> But OurMine does offer some real security lessons, free of charge: Don’t reuse passwords between sites, set up two-factor authentication, and be aware that linking accounts can lead to unexpected security risks. Your Twitter account, as OurMine has successfully taught Sunder Pichai free of charge, is only as secure as the least-secure account that can post to it.

Re: Techcrunch hacked by OurMine

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people believe if a person breaks one law, they may be more inclined to break other laws.

I was implying the question; does breaking laws makes someone untrustworthy?

Yes, no, maybe. Irrelevant from a marketing perspective. It doesn't matter if you're trustworthy. If you are perceived as untrustworthy, businesses won't want to hire you.
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