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New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4000 unsecured databases

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    rmgr
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    Yes this is needlessly destructive and should stop but at the same time, I kind of love it. In a way, it's a return to the hacking of the 90s and 00s where it wasn't all about profit, sometimes...

    Yes this is needlessly destructive and should stop but at the same time, I kind of love it. In a way, it's a return to the hacking of the 90s and 00s where it wasn't all about profit, sometimes it's just about defacing something to show you've been there.

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      Bonsai
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      I'm honestly all for it. No one is holding VPN providers accountable, and now you have people taking it in their own hands to show the purposeful or accidental incompetence. Most fingerprinting...

      I'm honestly all for it. No one is holding VPN providers accountable, and now you have people taking it in their own hands to show the purposeful or accidental incompetence. Most fingerprinting techniques have already can thwart the protection a VPN provides.

      4 votes
      1. JackA
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        Agreed, I'd rather have my data deleted and have companies lose some stuff in collateral than have it sitting open and waiting for other more nefarious hackers.

        Agreed, I'd rather have my data deleted and have companies lose some stuff in collateral than have it sitting open and waiting for other more nefarious hackers.

        2 votes
    2. tildez
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      I dunno I see it as a chaotic good service to the public. What if personal data was stored in one of these databases?

      I dunno I see it as a chaotic good service to the public. What if personal data was stored in one of these databases?

      1 vote