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What's the point...

Posted Jun 7, 2012 4:40 UTC (Thu) by dirtyepic (subscriber, #30178)
In reply to: What's the point... by daney
Parent article: 8 million leaked passwords connected to LinkedIn, dating website (ars technica)

Send invites from compromised accounts to non-members in order to acquire fresh passwords? Or is it a coincidence that I've received 6 of these emails in the last 3 days (up from 0).


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What's the point...

Posted Jun 7, 2012 9:28 UTC (Thu) by DavidS (subscriber, #84675) [Link]

That might also be all those who never look at their linkedin profile, now change there password and notice, that, oh! look I could invite someone!

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