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Re:Here’s why we keep getting hacked – clear and present Bil... by UnoriginalGuy on Monday July 16, 2012 @06:46AM (#4250099)
This is actually a decent article but he spends far too long going on about HTTPs. Yes it is insecure but it isn't why they had a massive password compromise.

Ditto with XSS.

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Re:Here’s why we keep getting hacked – clear and present Bil... by troyhunt on Monday July 16, 2012 @07:03AM (#4250149)
Quite right, and I did refer to that, the point was that if you can't get simple things like these right (among others referred to), is it any surprise that a major breach occurs?
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