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Passwords for 32M Twitter accounts may have been hacked and leaked -- (link)

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Jun 9 '16, 07:47

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https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/740917422140592128 (twitter.com)

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Good lord -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 08:05
They weren't stolen from Twitter but from compromised computers. That's important. -- nm - iSpam Jun 9, 07:57
sigh, changed. I've changed so many passwords lately, just to be safe, i am forgetting what they are. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 07:52 19
- keepass aint bad either -- (link) - budice Jun 9, 08:10 4
  - I just saw that they got hacked as well and an update for the software was really malware. -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 08:12 2
    - Apparently they use unencrypted requests for updates and a man in the middle attack is ongoing. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 9, 08:15
    - lol -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 9, 08:12
  - keep-ass? - decline Jun 9, 08:12
- LastPass has this password generator that creates ridiculous passwords and stores them....but then you're pretty much LOCKED into using their product - JaxSean Jun 9, 08:06 6
  - I use Password Keeper and I use the free version that stays on my phone and doesn't have cloud access. I don't want it in the cloud and subject to - pmb Jun 9, 08:15 3
    - What happens when you get a new phone? -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 08:17 2
      - I move it to the SD card on my phone and put it in the new one. So far that has worked. Sometimes a couple have failed and needed to be redone. Not - pmb Jun 9, 08:19 1
        
        I'm not as worried with LP. The database is encrypted. As long as you use a strong passphrase and 2 factor, there shouldn't be any worry even if they - spamlet Jun 9, 08:26
  - They have a csv export if you ever want to leave for a competitor. - iSpam Jun 9, 08:06 1
    - Does it come with a cover sheet? -- nm - decline Jun 9, 08:08
- we all ready for online voting yet or nah -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 9, 07:59 4
  - Online voting is overdue. Polling places are played out. -- nm - budice Jun 9, 08:03
  - i think yes. banking is secure, voting could be too. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 08:00 2
    - Banking is most certainly not secure. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jun 9, 08:03 1
      - *shrug* i don't think it's an issue. - Andie Jun 9, 08:05
- I can't say enough good things about LastPass. It's like $1/mo and makes this so easy. -- nm - iSpam Jun 9, 07:58
- Password list: Giselle2016, 2016forGiselle... -- nm - budice Jun 9, 07:53
Roger Goodell die again yet? -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 07:50
okay, go for it. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 9, 07:49
Haha, take that 2016, 32M dead people. -- nm - @NFL Jun 9, 07:48
woo-hoo? -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 07:48

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