Dropbox accounts left open for 4 hours due to programming bug

Wired News: "Dropbox, one of the most popular ways to share and sync files online, says the accounts became unlocked at 1:54pm Pacific time Sunday when a programming change introduced a bug." Four hours later, the hole was closed. Security researcher Christopher Soghoian was the first to notice the (um, gaping) security hole.

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