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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 165 points 8 months ago (36 children)

Obligatory: companies should face harsh penalties for this stuff.

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Yes but this wasn't a data breach. This was a data stuffing incident, meaning they took someone else's data dump and tried their email and credentials here.

  • never use the same username and password in two or more places
  • always use MFA, a hard token if you can like a yubikey
[–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Physical token over TOTP authenticator?

[–] Kayel@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

I cannot think of a use-case outside of statecraft. Maybe companies engaged, or being engaged, in corporate espionage.

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