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Social sharing service Buffer has been hacked, pauses all shares temporarily
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- OoTheNigerian 13y agoI got an email stating. All updates have been paused. Passwords and payment information have NOT been compromised. -- It would be sorted out in a bit.
- kmfrk 13y agoAlready discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6618915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6618915.
- xwowsersx 13y agoI'm confused. I should be revoking access for both Twitter and FB or...? (I haven't had any spam posts...yet)
- morgante 13y agoAt this point, they've disabled all sharing so you're probably okay. Just be extra vigilant until the issue is fully resolved.
- eulertotient 13y agoAnd that's why you pay an intern for buffered social updates, rather than an amateur service.
- abuehrle 13y agoI don't have any experience with Buffer, but it's refreshing to see the HN community react (mostly) with concern and support. I hope you guys recover fully.
- morgante 13y agoDefinitely feel sorry for the Buffer team. They're great guys and built a great service—getting social media security right is hard. Though this does confirm that there's some value in my latest project of making your social media profiles more secure: http://socialsecurity.io http://socialsecurity.io
- ivanbrussik 13y agothank god it was spam, and not pr0n. also thank god I use hootsuite.