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No password required: Mobile carrier exposes data for millions of accounts

by marshmallow_12 on 4/10/21, 9:33 PM with 10 comments

• by notjulianjaynes on 4/11/21, 3:39 AM

  Issa Asad, the CEO of this company, murdered his groundskeeper over $65 in 2014. He killed Michael Kramer by running over him with his Mercedes. [1]

  For this he paid a $225 fine and was sentenced to 1 year probation. [2]

  Here is evidence of what was certainly an astroturfing campaign to cover this up: https://www.reddit.com/r/HITsWorthTurkingFor/comments/2ot7h3...

  [1] https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-davie-man-charged-folo-...

  [2] https://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/07/22/girlfriend-of-groundsk...

• by MattGaiser on 4/10/21, 11:21 PM

  I suspect this was deliberate. Customer service is expensive and this seems very low margin. When I worked in banking, password issues were 1/4 of call centre volume.