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Desireandlove Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Credential, hawking, pharmaceutical

Schnitt said that Facebook's security team believes the hackers intended to collect a large number of credentials, then use those accounts at a later time to send spam hawking fake pharmaceuticals and other goods to Facebook members.

What does credentials, hawking, pharmaceuticals mean?
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Hi, Desireandlove In this context credentials is equal to usernames and their relevant passwords. Hawk means to spread as in peddle. And pharmaceutical is medical as in medicine you find in the pharmacy.

  • Hi, Desireandlove In this context credentials is equal to usernames and their relevant passwords.
  • Hawk means to spread as in peddle.
  • And pharmaceutical is medical as in medicine you find in the pharmacy.
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Hi, Desireandlove
In this context credentials is equal to usernames and their relevant passwords.
Hawk means to spread as in peddle.
And pharmaceutical is medical as in medicine you find in the pharmacy.

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