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DreamHost's Unwanted Guests Stayed for Months and Read the Mail
· New York time
DreamHost says attackers exploited a vulnerability to access customer emails and files during a months-long breach. The web host described it as a deliberate attack, leaving customers to assess the exposure of information they entrusted to the service. A hosting account can hold both a website's material and the inboxes associated with it. That makes access to files and mail more consequential than a stranger merely seeing a public page. The unfortunate houseguest metaphor fits until the bill arrives: actual guests are usually expected to leave the correspondence alone.
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