Elance hacked

[minestrone]

Possibly, but ANY website can be hacked if enough people care enough.

I would disagree but 99% agree with your assertion.

[d000hg]

Who or rather wtf is Elance!?

Counterpart to RentaCoder, essentially.

[d000hg]

Unbelievably lax security I think.

Possibly, but ANY website can be hacked if enough people care enough.

[BrilloPad]

Who or rather wtf is Elance!?

http://www.elance.com/

"Hire, manage and pay experts to do your work."

Presumably with much cheapness?

[threaded]

Le ver est dans le fruit.

[MrMark]

Inspector Knacker of the Yard probably has us all pencilled down as potential suspects...

[moony1234]

Good ol' EDS...

I didnt get that email though... yet...

[BolshieBastard]

Who or rather wtf is Elance!?

[Cliphead]

Just got this email;

'We recently learned that certain Elance user information was accessed without authorization, including potentially yours. The data accessed was contact information -- specifically name, email address, telephone number, city location and Elance login information (passwords were protected with encryption). This incident did NOT involve any credit card, bank account, social security or tax ID numbers.

We have remedied the cause of the breach and are working with appropriate authorities. We have also implemented additional security measures and have strengthened password requirements to protect all of our users.

We sincerely regret any inconvenience or disruption this may cause.'

Unbelievably lax security I think.