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Social Media Data Leaks: Password Reset Helpers

July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

There are some slightly sensitive things which if leveraged can be turned into more sensitive things.  Ye olde Mother’s Maiden name is one of those often used in attacks on password reset challenges, of the likes of which have been reported on here.

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Here is an example via Twitter of making an account reset attack that much easier.

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