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Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records by ketralnis on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:11PM (#25115698)
I think GP is trying to ask, why do we ever see these dumps at all? Why don't the attackers keep them to themselves?
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Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records by webmaven on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:32AM (#25136496)
> I think GP is trying to ask, why do we ever see these dumps at all? Why don't the attackers keep them to themselves?

In this case, the scammers failed to secure their own data, and researchers found the breach through unspecified means.

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