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		sillysaurus3 on Nov 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M Peo... It may be amateur, but it's one of the most common mistakes. Even at top companies.

coryodaniel on Nov 22, 2017 [–]

Amateur may not have been the best word. Maybe easy or lazy or debt. Ive seen it a lot where it was something that was inherited and the current team knows its a problem, but they have a 1000 features to build and never get around to fixing that debt.

sillysaurus3 on Nov 23, 2017 | [–]

The cure for this is to get a pentest. It forces you to care.

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