Well, it's just an AWS Account ID

Re:Well, it's just an AWS Account ID by g15jv2dp on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @01:24AM (#40923955)

And then what?

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Re:Well, it's just an AWS Account ID by teractiveodular on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @01:35AM (#40924001)

Send targeted phishing mails.

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Re:Well, it's just an AWS Account ID by ramon156 on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @02:43AM (#40924299)

Our company got hit with this. I guess there's no way to recover from this other than do our best to block these.

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Re:Well, it's just an AWS Account ID by vasco on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @02:41AM (#40924295)

I can already do that by sending them for root. This seems like trying to make something out of nothing.

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Re:Well, it's just an AWS Account ID by teractiveodular on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @04:16AM (#40924778)

Are you stuck in the 70s or something? I can't recall the last time I read email addressed to root.

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Re:Well, it's just an AWS Account ID by vasco on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @07:51AM (#40925880)

My friend, the main AWS account is called the root account and its username is root, so your zinger didn't zing.

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Re:Well, it's just an AWS Account ID by g15jv2dp on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @08:05AM (#40925975)

How does knowing the AWS username allow you to send a more effective phishing email? Especially if the username is just the user's... name. That's public info.

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