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we don't even know how it was compromised. was his password "password", or did the hackers exploit a gmail/google vulnerability?
by upheaval7276 6mo ago
we don't even know how it was compromised. was his password "password", or did the hackers exploit a gmail/google vulnerability?
- pkilgore 6mo agoare you suggesting the former is not a demonstration of a shocking lack of competency?
- upheaval7276 6mo agoI'm suggesting we don't know how the account was hacked, which is true. could be due to incompetence or not. i don't know, nor do you
- jeroenvlek 6mo agoTrue, but don't you think the FBI director should be held to higher standards of security hygiene than average people? Because I'm interpreting your tone as "it could happen to anyone". At some point the doubt is gone and there's no more benefit to give...
- alexandre_m 6mo agoComments in this thread mostly reflect people’s own biases, that is a shallow projection based on the headline.
- weaksauce 6mo agoi think the facts of the matter are that a gmail vulnerability is on the very low likelihood kind of event. they wouldn't burn their insanely valuable vulnerability on showing how much of a fratboy kash is. the most likely possibility is that he either clicked on something dumb and gave access through phishing(really bad) or had a really weak password without 2fa(also really bad).
- drfloyd51 6mo agoDid the director have his email on a vulnerable server? Yes. Yes he did. He should have known better.