g my ancient Myspace account just now claiming I'd lost
the email. I was directed to a Zendesk form that looked different from the one
shown in the screenshots. So looks like they might have changed the process
now?

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sundvor
That's brilliant. :)

Apologies if snarky, but perhaps $15 on this would be well advised: (Humble
Bundle deal also on FP today)
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14791255](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14791255)

Just bought the bundle; looking forward to learning more about security
myself. I would like to think I know the obvious things, but will probably
find big gaps if I get through all of it..

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wodenokoto
Are birthdays part of the 360 million user account breach?

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antihero
Also the amount of poor/broken English on that form and the dialogs makes me
suspect outsourcing.

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wwwhatcrack
Oh no, I hope my Digg and Hotmail accounts are still safe.

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shimon_e
No less secure than most people's bank accounts.

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collyw
Myspace still exists?

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WhiteOwlLion
What's MySpace?





Tracking Cirrus: Is This the Silk Road 2.0 Mole? - r721
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/tracking-cirrus-is-this-the-silk-road-20-mole

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pstuart
Why was Homeland Security involved in this? One of their charters[1] is to
"Safeguard and Secure Cyberspace", which they state is:

    
    
      * analyze and reduces cyber threats and vulnerabilities;
      * distribute threat warnings; and
      * coordinate the response to cyber incidents to ensure that our computers, networks, and cyber systems remain safe.
    

None of that looks like "stop people from buying drugs".

[1] [http://www.dhs.gov/safeguard-and-secure-
cyberspace](http://www.dhs.gov/safeguard-and-secure-cyberspace)

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dmix
A friend of mine did contract SEO work for a company selling synthetic drug
similar to marijuana (before the DEA made it illegal). But they kept selling
it after it was made illegal and long after his online-marketing contract
ended. But he was contacted by the DHS, specially ICE wi