Thursday, 23. January 2003
Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 1:17:56 PM CET
Security Flaw Exposes 35 Million AOL Accounts
UPDATED The accounts of millions of AOL subscribers were jeopardized this week due to a serious flaw in the company's Web-based mail system, BetaNews has learned.
The vulnerability stems from an error in one of AOL's international e-mail authentication systems, which granted users access without correctly verifying passwords. By simply entering an account name, an AOL user had the ability to read any other user's e-mail and all personal data contained therein.
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