Obtaining the primary Email address of any Facebook user

Given only their ID, it was possible to obtain the primary email address of any Facebook user regardless of their privacy settings.

Anyone who has subscribed to a public mailing list knows the problem of members inviting their entire contacts list, including the mailing list, to every new social site and app. This has turned mailing list archives into a Wayback Machine for email notifications. Searching through some old mailing lists I came across a Facebook invitation reminder circa 2010:

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Iranian phishing on the rise as elections approach

For almost three weeks, we have detected and disrupted multiple email-based phishing campaigns aimed at compromising the accounts owned by tens of thousands of Iranian users. These campaigns, which originate from within Iran, represent a significant jump in the overall volume of phishing activity in the region. The timing and targeting of the campaigns suggest that the attacks are politically motivated in connection with the Iranian presidential election on Friday.
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The Value of a Hacked Email Account

This post aims to raise awareness about the street value of a hacked email account, as well as all of the people, personal data, and resources that are put at risk when users neglect to properly safeguard their inboxes.

Sign up with any service online, and it will almost certainly require you to supply an email address. In nearly all cases, the person who is in control of that address can reset the password of any associated services or accounts –merely by requesting a password reset email.

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US National Intelligence Council boss gets personal email hacked

In a rather embarrassing slip, the personal email account of Christopher Kojm, chairman of the US National Intelligence Council (NIC), has become the latest victim of been the cracker known as Guccifer. 

According to screenshots seen by The Smoking Gun, Guccifer grabbed email exchanges with 9/11 Commission members, banking information, personal correspondence, and documents covering the latest Obama administration's transition earlier this year.
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