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Re:Sendgrid under siege from hacked accounts by jeffbee on Saturday August 29, 2020 @02:57PM (#24318549)
If you run a service that can be abused like this, you're going to need objective account abuse metrics to warn you before these things happen. Specifically you're going to need a Russian speaker to prowl around on Russian forums buying your own hacked accounts, so you can figure out the market price. If accounts on your system are selling for ten cents, might be time to reflect on account security.
Re:Sendgrid under siege from hacked accounts by neolog on Saturday August 29, 2020 @04:24PM (#24319163)
Do big companies actually do this (check market price by buying their own accounts on forums)?
Re:Sendgrid under siege from hacked accounts by timClicks on Saturday August 29, 2020 @05:09PM (#24319457)
Absolutely. Edit: Although it's rarely direct. Normally big corp will engage a security consultancy and discuss type of reconnaissance as one part of a wider strategy.