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Re:Millions of accounts compromised because there is no spec... by jay_kyburz on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @11:28PM (#9418520)
Why is userdata any more important than the rest of the data in your database?
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Re:Millions of accounts compromised because there is no spec... by vacri on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @11:35PM (#9418537)
You can impersonate a user with their login data, and given that people frequently re-use passwords, also do this on other sites.
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