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Passing along
If you have an account on any of the Gawker sites (Lifehacker, Jezebel, Gizmodo, io9, etc.), you probably want to change your password - their database was hacked, and its contents are up as a torrent. More importantly, if you use the same password anywhere important, you would definitely want to change that.
New York Times summary
reddit post
There are valuable lessons here about password security, but I think the most valuable of all is: make sure your security is up to snuff before you go poking 4chan with a stick. Or maybe just: don't poke 4chan with a stick. That just never ends well.
New York Times summary
reddit post
There are valuable lessons here about password security, but I think the most valuable of all is: make sure your security is up to snuff before you go poking 4chan with a stick. Or maybe just: don't poke 4chan with a stick. That just never ends well.
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I've no accounts but that's cool to know.
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