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Photobucket breach floods Web with racy images
cnn ^
| August 10, 2012
| Julia Grenberg
Posted on 08/12/2012 8:05:39 AM PDT by JoeProBono
What happens on social media doesn't always stay on social media. That may be the unfortunate lesson for those who've recently had private photos accessed and shared due to a privacy gap on the photo-sharing website Photobucket.
Nude, explicit, and R-rated images uploaded on the social media site were in some cases made available to view on public Web forums dedicated to exploiting Photobucket's privacy settings. The breach of privacy "is a very rare occurrence that has affected only a small number of Photobucket's users," said Photobucket spokesman David Toner. But the forums, some filled with stolen racy pictures and others with instructions on how to access more, have drawn thousands of viewers......
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: photobucket
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To: Dysart
How can one tell that one’s Photobucket account has been compromised ?
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posted on
08/12/2012 2:09:14 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: Peet
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posted on
08/12/2012 2:18:00 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: sushiman
If I told you I'd have to...let's just say some people have way too much time on their hands/enjoy boasting, and I have to leave it at that. I believe photobucket has resolved it, or made it more difficult. Again I have nothing in there I wouldn't share publicly, and have many times, but what I'd change is I'd have chosen a different user id.
And when I get round to it will migrate over to another user id like bigbadhandsomebubba or sum such...check your local listings.
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08/12/2012 3:29:44 PM PDT
by
Dysart
(You didn't post that. Someone else made that happen.)
To: JoeProBono
This flashing crotch shot photo of me was taken in 1945, it's stored on Photobucket, hope it wasn't hacked:
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posted on
08/12/2012 8:07:53 PM PDT
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Graybeard58
(If you fear Obama, you'll vote for Romney. If you fear God, you won't.)
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
08/12/2012 8:48:13 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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