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Why should innocent users be punished? Why not just send a pic confirming you have full db access? This is just unnecessary vandalism.
by nxpnsv 6y ago
Why should innocent users be punished? Why not just send a pic confirming you have full db access? This is just unnecessary vandalism.
- wolco 6y agoSomehow that would be worse. Feels like a ransom call.
- tsimionescu 6y agoThe point is that, if my credit card info is staying in a web-exposed, insecure DB, it is safer for me that it be destroyed than left alone. I have no idea of that is the intention of the attackers, or if they are maybe even stealing the info before deleting it. But assuming they were good Samaritans and just deleting it, that is the best outcome for me as a user, better than if it stayed up for another day.
- katbyte 6y agoBecause often that doesn’t actually elicit change. Deleting the data over and over does.