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Or the opposite is true. Maybe the breach was major and the "hackers" aren't in it for fame and glory. But cash. Number one rule of a "professional hacker"; don

by crag 14y ago

Or the opposite is true. Maybe the breach was major and the "hackers" aren't in it for fame and glory. But cash. Number one rule of a "professional hacker"; don't leave foot prints. That means you sell off the data you copied. Piece by piece. Email addresses are the easiest to sell. Time will tell though. What's troubling to me is Dropbox calling in outside auditors (experts). Means they really have no ideas what is happening. If it is a hack, it's damn good one.

moepstar 14y ago
> What's troubling to me is Dropbox calling in outside auditors (experts). Means they really have no ideas what is happening. If it is a hack, it's damn good one. Not necessarily. It's just that you might actually be blind to the problem if its your code so it's better to have a separate set of eyes looking at things. Also, there might be problems in the code where you never imagined them - let alone the server setup which most probably are complex beasts in their own right...
rogerbinns 14y ago
If Dropbox say there is no issue and there was no (serious) hack then it is far more credible having outside auditors substantiating the claim. I'd be more troubled if they didn't call in outside experts since Dropbox's existing people and processes are what allowed whatever attack it was to happen in the first place.