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[Full-disclosure] Network flaw causes scary Web error

From: Ivan . <ivanhec_at_nospam>
Date: Mon Jan 18 2010 - 05:55:03 GMT
To: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk>

Would be fun to try and replicate this....

A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startling place: strangers' accounts with full access to troves of private information.

The glitch -- the result of a routing problem at the family's wireless carrier, AT&T -- revealed a little known security flaw with far reaching implications for everyone on the Internet, not just Facebook users. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/01/15/ap_exclusive_network_flaw_causes_scary_web_error/

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