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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."

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  1. 4chan is gonna have a field day with this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh lord...there are gonna be some angsty teenagers with real reasons to cry soon...

    1. Re:4chan is gonna have a field day with this... by orclevegam · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought everyone on 4chan was an angsty teenager with a real reason to cry, being that no human woman will ever touch them. Funny, a quick browsing of 4chan leads me to believe most everyone on 4chan is really a collection of cleverly written troll bots. They certainly don't seem capable of passing a turing test. You know, that would be a great experiment. Write a bot that posts random images out of a shared folder with appropriate descriptive comments, and randomly replies to other posts from a database of oft used memes and see how long before someone notices it's actually a bot. My money is on at least 2 months.
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  2. Re:You know what to do... by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are these divided up and tagged as to the myspace user profile they originated from?

    Who cares? Wake me up when somebody offers up the "director's cut" of this torrent, ie only the really goofy and naked pics.

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  3. Slight Tweak: Myspace Privates Leak, Pictures! by webword · · Score: 5, Funny

    Title says it all...

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  4. so much time, so much waste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    44,000 people, 17g of data, but all they could come up with were a million goatsx pictures and cowboyneal artwork!

  5. Re:You know what to do... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. Good grief, just what I need - 17Gb of pictures of other peoples cats.

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  6. Re:Maybe it's just me... by Blimey85 · · Score: 3, Funny

    A port scan of your machine shows you are currently downloading the torrent in question... better things to do you say? Obviously not. lol

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  7. Re:You know what to do... by carpe_noctem · · Score: 5, Funny

    My dog only plays fetch when I throw her sticks... this would be like throwing a sequoia log!

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  8. Re:Solution: by Mikya · · Score: 5, Funny

    So?

  9. never underestimate by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    the power of bored horny teenaged males

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  10. On the plus side by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. Good grief, just what I need - 17Gb of pictures of other peoples cats.

    But on the plus side, you could head over to Fark and be a LOLCAT GOD.

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    1. Re:On the plus side by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny
      But on the plus side, you could head over to Fark and be a LOLCAT GOD.


      What was the plus side again?

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    2. Re:On the plus side by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Funny

      I agree, the advantage doesn't lie in posting this junk on Fark, but rather watching others do it! You'll learn the syntax for LOLCODE in the process! Think of it as a free programming course.

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  11. Script to upload them to HotOrNot by xmuskrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somebody is going to write it.

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  12. Re:You know what to do... by Big+Nothing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Watch out, though, my goatse-pix is in there somewhere.

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  13. Re:You know what to do... by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 2, Funny
    17 Gb of pictures of other peoples' pussies? Indeed, I'm not very interested in those...

    However, 17 Gb of pictures of other poeples' George W Bushes, that'd be groovy!

  14. Re:You know what to do... by sm62704 · · Score: 2, Funny

    CATS? Damn, I thought I was downloading pictures of the other kind of pussy. Damn damn damn! Miight as well stop the torrent...

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  15. Re:You know what to do... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. Good grief, just what I need - 17Gb of pictures of other peoples cats.

    But, you admit you've already got 17Gb of pictures of your own cat? :-P

    Cheers
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  16. Re:Maybe it's just me... by MacarooMac · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's called a multiphasic scan or sweep and can be conducted accros multiple targets by modifying the navigational sensors to operate on a multiphasic bandwidth.

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  17. Re:Misplaced Trust by John+Napkintosh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, people should have an expectation that if they upload a picture marked private to a service like MySpace, it will appear on MySpace tagged as private. Beyond that... :)

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  18. huh by mooreti1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, 17 gbs of pubescent girls doing the "Blue Steel" face. What a mind numbingly waste of bandwidth and time.

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    1. Re:huh by Chrutil · · Score: 3, Funny

      >>Wow, 17 gbs of pubescent girls doing the "Blue Steel" face.

      Well, some of them totally nailed the "Magnum".

  19. Re:Well by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 1, Funny

    You should check your parakeet, he's probably just pining for the fjords.

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  20. Re:You know what to do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "640kb ought to be enough for anybody."

  21. Re:Well by msuarezalvarez · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, when you used MySpace, were you (a) a middle school/high school girl, (b) a guy, or (c) a stalker?

  22. Re:It's a diversion.. by FooAtWFU · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where's my -1, Paranoid Conspiracy Theory moderation?

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  23. Re:Misplaced Trust by caluml · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess they don't look at logs. I would imagine that tail -f /var/log/apache/access_log scrolls past pretty quickly... :)
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  24. Re:You know what to do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah. Good grief, just what I need - 17Gb of pictures of other peoples cats. But, you admit you've already got 17Gb of pictures of your own cat? :-P

    Cheers But... But Mr. Snookems is sooo photogenic... WHO could resist taking that many snap shots!
  25. Re:One of the first rules on the internet? by MarkGriz · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I thought one of the first rules on the internet was that anything you put out there can fall into the wrong hands / become public?"

    No, the first rule of the internet is we don't talk about the internet.

    Oh crap...

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  26. Re:Solution: by cuantar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Um, Anybody concerned with internet privacy along with everybody who had a myspace account with pictures posted privately they did not intend the public to see.

    The intersection of these two sets is empty.

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  27. My god, it's full of... by pragma_x · · Score: 3, Funny

    CATS: All ur cheezbergr r belong to us

    /got nuthin'
    //slashies!

  28. Re:Trap! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am!

    *fap*
    *fap*
    *fap*
    *fap*

  29. Re:You know what to do... by Kingrames · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do you want to see their douchebags?

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  30. Re:I've looked. Yaaaaawn. by brianjlowry · · Score: 2, Funny

    "999 out of 1000 are crappy"

    What's that 1 out of 1000 you are holding back on?

  31. Re:You know what to do... by jollyreaper · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, I know it's redundant. He already has 17 gigs of cats. Tell him that, not me.

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  32. Re:Well by Nysem · · Score: 2, Funny

    I only stalk other hermaphrodites. It's just not as good being only one gender you know.

    I redefine getting the best of both worlds.

  33. Re:Trap! by fuzzix · · Score: 3, Funny

    It takes all types... and as such, you can probably find someone aroused by pictures of just about anything.
    I guess you've never seen a Telefunken U 47...
  34. Re:You know what to do... by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nope, I'm a Linux user, thank you very much. But don't worry, it's a common stereotype...

  35. Re:You know what to do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I CAN HAZ DIGNITY BAK?

  36. Re:Trap! by EdIII · · Score: 2, Funny

    "then so is underage masturbation, and every teenager in the world is a sex offender"

    If that is true, I was a criminal mastermind :)