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wuest on April 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Scribd hacked – emails and hashed passwords leaked

...Which they ought to do. Offering the ability to enumerate user accounts is unlikely to be the immediate goal of this utility, but it's an effect nonetheless.

lelandbatey on April 4, 2013 [–]

30 minutes later and it's fixed. Entering an invalid email also results in a "this email was not compromised" message.

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