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What's the point...

Posted Jun 7, 2012 2:12 UTC (Thu) by tetromino (subscriber, #33846)
In reply to: What's the point... by daney
Parent article: 8 million leaked passwords connected to LinkedIn, dating website (ars technica)

> Send me some additional Job Offer spam?

More likely they will use your account to send spam and malware links to others. Also, they will be able to see any non-public information in your profile, which may be useful for spear-phishing attacks.


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What's the point...

Posted Jun 7, 2012 18:35 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

there has been a lot of linkedin related phishing going on over the last few months in any case.

What's the point...

Posted Jun 11, 2012 14:28 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

More likely they will use your account to send spam
... which is distinguishable from what LinkedIn normally does how? (There's a reason all email from LinkedIn is rejected by my MTA.)

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