A hidden URL allows scrapers to step through the public profiles of all Gravatar users. Peter disagrees with Mike and Jon over whether this is a hack or not.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/online-avatar-service-gravatar-allows-mass-collection-of-user-info/

Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

A hidden URL allows scrapers to step through the public profiles of all Gravatar users. Peter disagrees with Mike and Jon over whether this is a hack or not. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/online-avatar-service-gravatar-allows-mass-collection-of-user-info/ Hosts: Peter Lowe (@pgl) Jon Cohen (@jonnisec) Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

167 MILLION public profiles scraped in Gravatar hack (or was it?)

Peter, Jon, and Mike get angry about tech stories from the week. Three industry professionals with very different viewpoints, and very different backgrounds, discuss what's been happening and fight about who's won the latest bet.

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167 MILLION public profiles scraped in Gravatar hack (or was it?)

167 MILLION public profiles scraped in Gravatar hack (or was it?)