Bob LeFridge  May 23, 2025

The once renowned Mighty Ape suffered a "glitch" last night which began logging users in as different customers. In some cases customers were logged into "several different user accounts."

“Not only is it concerning that I could potentially place an order on their account, but I could see their credit card details, home addresses, emails and full order history”.

Helluva "glitch".

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360699792/mighty-ape-glitch-allegedly-let-users-log-strangers-accounts-see-credit-card-info

#MightyApe #Kogan

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Show threadOld Ireland in ColourAug 6, 2023
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Show threadStrypeyJan 16, 2019
@noorul many of these smaller marketplaces still exist eg #MightyApe in Aotearoa (NZ) and #FishPond in the UK, but the #PlatformMonopoly dynamic means they struggle for oxygen in the face of massive players like #Amazon and #Ebay. As with the #fediverse, federating multiple independent marketplaces together, allows them to combine their #NetworkEffect, and compete cooperatively (if that makes sense ;)
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