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MySpace Private Pictures Leak

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the if-you-don't-want-it-shared-don't-put-it-out-there dept.

Martin writes "We all heard about the MySpace vulnerability that allowed everyone to access pictures that have been set to private at MySpace. That vulnerability got closed down pretty fast. Unfortunately though (for MySpace) someone did use an automated script to run over 44,000 profiles that downloaded all private pictures which resulted in a 17 Gigabyte zip file with more than 560,000 pictures. The zip file is now showing up on popular torrent sites across the net."

3 of 405 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Maybe it's just me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd love to know the amazing magical portscanner you use that can magically identify which ports are open for torrent purposes, and even better, what is being transferred on them.

    Go back to your high school tech class, you clueless moron script kiddie.

  2. Once again - two faces. by DerekLyons · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The two faced attitude of Slashdot rears it's ugly head again.
     
    Slashdotters are all about privacy uber alles when it comes to causes they care about - but when it comes to a demographic they don't care about, and a website whose users they openly disdain... The collective opinion shifts to "well, they shouldn't have uploaded it to the interwebz in the f1rst plac3".

  3. Re:Gee Thanks by DTemp · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yes, you're correct factually that these will get more disseminated because of this news story. However, your negative connotation to it is incorrect.

    News needs to be covered. People need to be aware of things. You'd think that being in the same world as the USA's Bush Administration would have taught you that.