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Comment by ghouse

I was a very happy FastMail customer until a hacker asked them to reset my password. After _incorrectly_ answering a handful of questions asked by the FastMail support, the recovery email address was changed and a password reset link sent. From there, the hacker attempted password resets on other services.

Initially, FastMail was dismissive that this was a simple "mix-up" and didn't disable access to the hacker for 7.5 hours after my report.

To their credit, FastMail gave me a list of the email accessed and the message headers of the messages the hacker sent from my account (and then deleted -- unrecoverable).

Until and unless FastMail addresses the human factor of security, their technical security mindset is of secondary importance.

parent ghouse 9 years ago

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