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I use unique addresses, and periodically am on the reporting end of problems like this. Once I started getting the same spam from two unrelated companies at the
by SomeCallMeTim 14y ago
I use unique addresses, and periodically am on the reporting end of problems like this. Once I started getting the same spam from two unrelated companies at the same time, and they tracked it down to a common email marketing company that was where the actual breach occurred. Another time it turned out emails had been staged in a less secure system in preparation for sending email marketing. So it must be pretty common that a compromise doesn't actually mean the core product or database has been compromised.
For the record, I haven't received any spam to my Dropbox-only email account, which means they probably didn't get the WHOLE user database.
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