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LinkedIn mass hack reveals ... yup, you're all still crap at passwords

Charles 9

Social Engineering.

They can glean information off your "throwaway" accounts to learn more about you to pull off social engineering attacks so as to perhaps execute a password reset attack on a higher-profile site.

Think of it like a social version of privilege escalation.

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