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Millons of PSN, Windows LIVE, 2K etc passwords hacked.
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there is only 5,307 emails in that list............
if you really want to ever see if your name got posted on a paste you can just check
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
which is already updated with those emails as it scours the paste site.
edit: btw I tried the first email....yes, it doesnt exist it seems lololol.......is this even legit?
if you really want to ever see if your name got posted on a paste you can just check
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
which is already updated with those emails as it scours the paste site.
edit: btw I tried the first email....yes, it doesnt exist it seems lololol.......is this even legit?
Rimon-hanit
Member
So annoying another password change.
Stereogatari
Banned
Wtf. I tried all my PSN emails and they're fine.
But my actual proper email address I use for important stuff has been breached once. But it doesn't say when. It says it found no pastes though. What does it mean?
the same for me... but click on the breach link and it will say the service that was hacked... for me it was Adobe, back in 2013, lol
Stereogatari
Banned
Oh right for me it was Gawker lol. I remember back when I used to use Kotaku the way I use GAF now.
HIGH DEF JEFF
Banned
This is why I use the same crappy low credit limit card on file for everything on the internet. Losers.
panda-zebra
Member
Thread title had me in ful on panic mode.
Thread contents, not so much. Fully expected to read about a real hack affecting millions of PSN users, not.... this.
Thread contents, not so much. Fully expected to read about a real hack affecting millions of PSN users, not.... this.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Until it happens.
It is most likely a really weak faked list, some of those emails don't even exist.
Phew... Seems that I'm safe, for now. Actually surprised that my main email hasn't been compromised in all these years.
Oh cool.
Cool link. Also it knows my Adobe account info was compromised in that huge data breach a year or two back for one of my email accounts.
Alcoholikaust
Member
thanks for this-I changed everything anyways cause:why not?
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
Ya mines not showing up 😊
Thanks for the link, that thing is getting bookmarked.
Seems my main email address is fine, although I have a habit of changing passwords every six months or so.
One of my old email addresses was breached in the adobe hack last year, so no real biggie as it didm't have a CC data in there (needed that audition demo to test out for work).
denshuu
Member
That site checks to see if a username and password have been posted to public password sites, not whether your account has been hacked by someone. It could be years after an attack occurs that it shows up there.
Well, hacks happen all the time.
If you cherish your nerves and money, you should avoid using 1998 style passwords and enable two step authentication wherever possible.
bryanee
Member
lol yup. My main email address which I've had since I was 16 and is now 15 years old is fine.
victimroyalty
Banned
frustrating for sure, but i never, ever store my credit card information on these accounts so they won't even receive a penny from me if they were to try. hope people are safe even though their accounts may have been compromised.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
This is one of the reasons I don't take people who want multiple different storefronts held by multiple different publishers "because competition" seriously.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
This is why I never save my credit card info on any of my accounts.
sturgboski
Member
I wish most things did...
Gravy Boat
Member
Do people read the contents of threads any more? Anyone who has would clearly see there is absolutely no reason to change your passwords.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
I thought you could not have 3 numbers/letters in a row for the password? i see a few there.
Guys just change your password. I change it once a year for almost everything personal, and every 30 days for business.
I use keepass and a plugin that syncs with Dropbox, and Passdrop (ios) on my phone. Works great, and I have my password everywhere. Keepass. If you want easy and not free go with Roboform.
There are several good articles on Lifehacker for password management. I have used a key + randomize scheme for years that I feel is very secure. 9 characters that is the same for every password I use + 4-5 characters specific to the thing i'm logging into. For example the key is "3U72gg4Np" and a unique suffix like "game". Effectively creating a set of passwords that easy to remember, not the same for every site, and fairly safe. If you stick a symbol in there "HowSecureIsMyPassword" says it takes 37 million years to crack.
Example Lifehacker.com Password article
I'm system admin on a tier 3 support team for a large number of data centers. When shit breaks and operations can't fix it they call us. We also test and plan for patch deployment. Security patching is a constant process. After Target, Home Depot and a couple other notables in the last year the security updates have been non-stop. I think I saw half a dozen new alerts yesterday before I left work, and we just spent all week taking care of POODLE and the SCHANNEL vulnerabilities. Testing and devising a deployment plan for 14K servers in 70 data centers can be stressful. Then we have software developers telling us "You can't patch, our software will break", and management adding "I saw this new security flaw on the news is that patched yet?".
I'm glad my company or at least our organization is serious about patching, but many companies are not, so protect yourself.
I use keepass and a plugin that syncs with Dropbox, and Passdrop (ios) on my phone. Works great, and I have my password everywhere. Keepass. If you want easy and not free go with Roboform.
There are several good articles on Lifehacker for password management. I have used a key + randomize scheme for years that I feel is very secure. 9 characters that is the same for every password I use + 4-5 characters specific to the thing i'm logging into. For example the key is "3U72gg4Np" and a unique suffix like "game". Effectively creating a set of passwords that easy to remember, not the same for every site, and fairly safe. If you stick a symbol in there "HowSecureIsMyPassword" says it takes 37 million years to crack.
Example Lifehacker.com Password article
I'm system admin on a tier 3 support team for a large number of data centers. When shit breaks and operations can't fix it they call us. We also test and plan for patch deployment. Security patching is a constant process. After Target, Home Depot and a couple other notables in the last year the security updates have been non-stop. I think I saw half a dozen new alerts yesterday before I left work, and we just spent all week taking care of POODLE and the SCHANNEL vulnerabilities. Testing and devising a deployment plan for 14K servers in 70 data centers can be stressful. Then we have software developers telling us "You can't patch, our software will break", and management adding "I saw this new security flaw on the news is that patched yet?".
I'm glad my company or at least our organization is serious about patching, but many companies are not, so protect yourself.
CadetMahoney
Member
PSN really needs 2step authentication.
Yep, me too, never bought anything Adobe and didn't even know there was usernames and passwords, so I wonder how they got it.