Technorati Responds To Security Breach

A few days ago I posted How I Accessed Your Technorati Account where I described how I was able to gain access to other people’s Technorati accounts. I’m not a hacker, but I am a clicker and that’s all I needed to do — either by clicking the “more” link on my WP dashboard or going to Technorati itself.

In the days leading up to that post, I was disappointed to learn no one at Technorati had responded to my alert on their forum. Well, today I received an email from them with a very sincere apology for not responding sooner. Here’s the message:

Hello Mark,

Please accept my sincerest apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Thank you SO much for alerting us to this critical issue. We are working to resolve it ASAP and was hoping you could help us in our research to track down the cause. Could you describe the sequence of events when you see the issue occur? For example What page you are loading when this occurs, if you load the page via a bookmark or by typing in the address, as well as what browser you are using at the time and how often this happens. Thank you so much again! We greatly apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your help. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need anything. Thank you for using Technorati!

My faith in them has improved since they sent this. Hopefully, they’ll resolve the issue and I’ll report when they do.

[tags]technorati,security breach[/tags]