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+-   G-Archiver Harvesting Google Mail Passwords on Tuesday March 11 2008, @07:07AM Thwomp

Submitted by Thwomp on Tuesday March 11 2008, @07:07AM
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Thwomp writes "It appears that a popular GMail back up utility, named G-Archiver, has been harvesting users GMail passwords, this was discovered when a Dustin Brooks took a look at the code using a decompiler. He discovered that user's account information was being sent by e-mail to another GMail account. With that account's password embedded in the source code the developer logged in and found over 1700 e-mails all with user's account information! The creator of G-Archiver has pulled the software stating that it was debug code and was unintentionally left in by a developer."
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