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		dboreham on July 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly... This is a diversion. Why did they build a system that permitted a bulk database dump of hundreds of millions of rows even with 2FA?

vel0city on July 12, 2024 | [–]

> Why did they build a system that permitted a bulk database dump of hundreds of millions of rows

Should all databases be capped at a few million rows total or something? I don't quite understand where you're going with this.

skybrian on July 12, 2024 | [–]

Because that’s what a data warehouse is? You’d think they’d guard them more, though.

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