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> 1. Vulnerabilities in the individual websites of specific companies have typically little to no salable value on a “open market”, black or otherwise.

This may apply to regular random companies, but does it really apply to very known, rich brands like Uber?

> Can you conconct a scenario in which a hypothetical sabateur manages to weaponize and capitalize on an exploit in (...) some random Uber server with sensitive data, within a week? Sure, but it’s contrived. The risk/reward ratio just isn’t really there.

This is Uber we're talking about. It's not exactly an universally loved company. I can easily imagine someone interested in profiting of extra bad press and attention caused by a data breach.




>This may apply to regular random companies, but does it really apply to very known, rich brands like Uber?

I would pay 10BTC for a recent copy of Uber user db containing at least the emails, names and phone numbers of all users.




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