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Two students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free
(techcrunch.com)
this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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Interesting article. I had a good chuckle thinking about college kids getting free clean clothes. The bit about adding several million dollars to their laundry account was also humorous. Too bad the company wiped out their account. They should have just left it there and fixed the security flaw as a way to say thanks for the heads up. Like you saved us a ton of money, keep your several million dollars and have free laundry for life LOL. Not quite the run of the mill security flaw I would have been expecting to read about