Re:How we cracked millions of Ashley Madison passwords
by sbarre on Thursday September 10, 2015 @07:51AM
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You'd be surprised how often this happens. I had a similar situation with someone who accidentally used my email when buying a new car.
For a while I was getting emails from the Hyundai dealership that had auto-login links that would have let me do all kinds of things, including requesting a (paid) tow of the car from my house back to the dealership, scheduling (or cancelling) maintenance, ordering extras and part, and more..
Luckily through that logged-in area I was able to find the individual's phone number and we texted back and forth until he understood the problem and called his dealership to update his info.
Re:How we cracked millions of Ashley Madison passwords
by hellofunk on Thursday September 10, 2015 @09:28AM
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This is genuinely amazing to me. And the IT guy that set up that Hyundai system is probably getting paid plenty to do it, despite massive flaws like this.
For a while I was getting emails from the Hyundai dealership that had auto-login links that would have let me do all kinds of things, including requesting a (paid) tow of the car from my house back to the dealership, scheduling (or cancelling) maintenance, ordering extras and part, and more..
Luckily through that logged-in area I was able to find the individual's phone number and we texted back and forth until he understood the problem and called his dealership to update his info.