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Re:Ask HN: Buffer got hacked - does anyone know details? by dangrossman on Saturday October 26, 2013 @05:59PM (#6619597)
> I guess it means they stored their access tokens with no encryption

Or the encryption key was on a system the hacker may have accessed.

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Re:Ask HN: Buffer got hacked - does anyone know details? by mpeg on Saturday October 26, 2013 @06:03PM (#6619606)
Yeah, same thing. I remember a large retailer I did some pentesting for a long time ago, they kept the encryption key for credit card numbers in the same table as the card numbers. Doh.
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