Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam?
by tlrobinson on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @01:15PM
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All signs point to Dropbox (or a 3rd party app linked to Dropbox) as the source of the leak:
* Multiple users with email addresses unique to their Dropbox account are reporting spam. It's unlikely these individuals' computers or email accounts were all compromised at the same time.
* These same users aren't reporting spam on their other unique addresses or catchall accounts. Some of them are non-trivial addresses that would be hard to guess. It's unlikely to be a bot guessing email addresses.
* Multiple users with email addresses unique to their Dropbox account are reporting spam. It's unlikely these individuals' computers or email accounts were all compromised at the same time.
* These same users aren't reporting spam on their other unique addresses or catchall accounts. Some of them are non-trivial addresses that would be hard to guess. It's unlikely to be a bot guessing email addresses.