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      is this a taste of things to come with the cloud, or are clouds immune to up-grades and hacks?
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      Dropbox security fubar infuriates customers
      Code update calamity compounded by closed mouth

      By Paul Kunert • Get more from this author

      Posted in Cloud, 21st June 2011 11:30 GMT

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      Storage and file-sharing vendor Dropbox made a huge cock-up during last weekend's upgrade leaving all of its user accounts unlocked.

      Encryption is not performed by the cloud provider's client, meaning that all customer information was there for the taking on Sunday between 1.54pm and 5.46pm. Dropbox issued no official comment until yesterday, causing anger among users.
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