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- lol4lyfe0
This is what happened:
- Person uploaded XLS file with all this sensitive info in it.
- Realized what they had done.
- Used Wordpress to re-upload a new version, but they didn't have any idea that Wordpress doesn't delete files, and it just added a "-1" to the filename.
- File sat onto for about 8 months.
- A person on the list Googled their name and found the XLS file with their personal info broadcasted for the world.
- Threatened legal action.
- Client company says "we've gotta take this down ASAP before anyone else realizes."The link definitely still works for the cached info. I am sitting here in awe of it as we type, wondering how big of a lawsuit this is going to turn out to be...