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by lincolnq 4978 days ago
If these guys got hacked, they could very easily harvest your bank and email passwords.

I don't think so, because secure sites will use SSL, and your browser does certificate verification.

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Sometimes yes, HSTS sites would be harder to crack.

However, many people still manually enter website urls (citibank.com) which redirects to https. If the DNS points citibank.com to a fake citibank phishing site, they simply wouldn't redirect to an https site at all.

Very savvy customers may notice that they aren't connected vis https; most people wouldn't.