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roughlyyesterday at 10:45 PM1 replyview on HN

I was reading this and wondering why it was posted so high (I didn’t recognize the company name), and then I got to the name at the bottom. I think the lesson here is “if it could happen to Kurt, it could happen to anyone.” Yeah, the consequences here were pretty limited, but everyone’s got Some vulnerability, and it’s usually in the junk pile in the corner that you’re ignoring. If the attacker were genuinely trying to do damage (as opposed to just running a two-bit crypto scam), assuming the company’s official account is a fine start to leverage for some social engineering.


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akerl_yesterday at 10:46 PM

I think you mean Kurt.

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