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Thank you. Worked for me as well... I wonder what kind of bonkers executive at LI decided it would not be a good idea to do a sweeping wipe of all passwords on

Thank you. Worked for me as well... I wonder what kind of bonkers executive at LI decided it would not be a good idea to do a sweeping wipe of all passwords on their systems... for user in users: force_pw_reset(user); def force_pw_reset(user): user.pw = rand; user.sendResetEmail(); (note to LI: this isn't real code; don't use)

deno 14y ago
Now just send phising emails with fake reset links to your targets at the same time. Password reset should be enforced at first login.
- obituary_latte 14y ago
  Ah yes, didn't consider that...you are correct--reset should be forced on login. Though I doubt any of the above will happen. Wouldn't want the user to be inconvenienced now would we?
  - deno 14y ago
    Wait till it gets more publicity.
  - wilfra 14y ago
    What is standard practice for a situation like if the users lost access to the email account they signed up with? A large forum I post on was hacked recently and - after voluntarily shutting their site down for a month - they required password resets. If users did not have access to the email address they signed up with and couldn't otherwise verify their identity, they were not allowed to get their account back. Unsurprisingly, post counts are down site-wide and the owners have reported a > 25% decrease in traffic.
    - deno 14y ago
      You can ask for previous passwords, if there are any payments involved you can ask for the transaction ids, obviously if you have secret questions or verified mobile you can ask for that. Of course all of those things can be used to gain access to the account by attacker, without actually knowing the password. See recent Cloudflare incident. Google will notify you about the recovery attempt, monitor for activity, and delay it for at least a week or so. So the attacker just have to wait till you go on offline vacation ;) Really though, for something as low key as a forum you’re entirely justified to offer recovery only via email. The email providers already offer all those alternative recovery options. And of course you should prefer OpenID to avoid the issue altogether. > Unsurprisingly, post counts are down site-wide and the owners have reported a > 25% decrease in traffic. That’s because they took the site down for a month!
nickzoic 14y ago
The problem isn't really your LinkedIn password ... I mean, someone could mess up your profile, send embarrassing messages and so on, but many many people will have used the same password for amazon, apple, paypal and other financial things, or used the same password for an email account which can be used to "recover" the password for one of those things.
- obituary_latte 14y ago
  True, password re-use is a big problem. Though, think of how much easier it would be to social-engineer a target were you to have full access to their LI account.
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deno 14y ago

Now just send phising emails with fake reset links to your targets at the same time. Password reset should be enforced at first login.

obituary_latte 14y ago
Ah yes, didn't consider that...you are correct--reset should be forced on login. Though I doubt any of the above will happen. Wouldn't want the user to be inconvenienced now would we?
- deno 14y ago
  Wait till it gets more publicity.
- wilfra 14y ago
  What is standard practice for a situation like if the users lost access to the email account they signed up with? A large forum I post on was hacked recently and - after voluntarily shutting their site down for a month - they required password resets. If users did not have access to the email address they signed up with and couldn't otherwise verify their identity, they were not allowed to get their account back. Unsurprisingly, post counts are down site-wide and the owners have reported a > 25% decrease in traffic.
  - deno 14y ago
    You can ask for previous passwords, if there are any payments involved you can ask for the transaction ids, obviously if you have secret questions or verified mobile you can ask for that. Of course all of those things can be used to gain access to the account by attacker, without actually knowing the password. See recent Cloudflare incident. Google will notify you about the recovery attempt, monitor for activity, and delay it for at least a week or so. So the attacker just have to wait till you go on offline vacation ;) Really though, for something as low key as a forum you’re entirely justified to offer recovery only via email. The email providers already offer all those alternative recovery options. And of course you should prefer OpenID to avoid the issue altogether. > Unsurprisingly, post counts are down site-wide and the owners have reported a > 25% decrease in traffic. That’s because they took the site down for a month!

nickzoic 14y ago

The problem isn't really your LinkedIn password ... I mean, someone could mess up your profile, send embarrassing messages and so on, but many many people will have used the same password for amazon, apple, paypal and other financial things, or used the same password for an email account which can be used to "recover" the password for one of those things.

obituary_latte 14y ago
True, password re-use is a big problem. Though, think of how much easier it would be to social-engineer a target were you to have full access to their LI account.
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