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U.S. military data left exposed at an a16z startup for 150 days

> Their initial reply from the CEO: "I would love to hear what the vulnerability is, but I assume you want to get paid for it. Is that the play?"

Well that’s pretty damning.

5 minutes agobryancoxwell

a16z = "Andreessen Horowitz", for those not in the know. (The acronym is not expanded in the article.)

14 minutes agorectang

fixed now

12 minutes agobearsyankees

Thanks! Happy to have my comment hidden by the mods if they get around to it.

9 minutes agorectang

appreciate the feedback!!

9 minutes agobearsyankees

Would it be possible to stop using aXXb nomenclature within the titles? Some of us aren't hip enough to know what all of them mean.

15 minutes agoDougN7

Their website is literally a16z.com... you'd rather say Andreessen-Horowitz, which is just as arbitrary as a16z? They're one of the top VC firms on the planet -- exceedingly relevant for the HN audience.

14 minutes agobeambot

I'll be honest - I was thinking authorization (a11n?) - so I didn't read it closely enough. But despite that, and being on HN from almost the beginning (with a different account I lost the password to), I still didn't know what a16z was, though I do recognize Andreessen-Horowitz.

5 minutes agoDougN7

apologies, just a vc firm

14 minutes agobearsyankees

Yikes, Schemata and that delinquent CEO should be held accountable.