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[ChaosZeroX]

If this was 2007 I'd be scared

Wasn't MySpace a thing in like 2003 or so?

 

[danowat]

MySpace and Yahoo chat rooms oh how I miss thee.

 

[strafer]

MySpace and Yahoo chat rooms oh how I miss thee.

I was more into the MSN chat rooms. Man, that was a dangerous place.

 

[Hip Hop]

Wasn't MySpace a thing in like 2003 or so?

Yeah, but it was still popular around 2007-2008.

 

[mackattk]

A dead website that we all practically signed up for. Did they delete the old accounts? I don't think I need to worry since the password is probably old but it's still worrying.

I have no idea what password i even used, and I am 99.9% sure I don't use that password these days, but it is still worrying. As many accounts as there were in that breach, even 0.5% of them being valid on other sites is still a huge issue. I am sure the percentage of the passwords they used on myspace being used on a site like facebook is a much higher percentage than that.

Throwin' me back to when I went by revolvingdisco on the internet.

I'm so ashamed of myself.

RevolvingDisco is a pretty bitchin' name. No need to be ashamed.

 

[Ryaaan14]

If they took my username I'll be pissed.

I had MySpace.com/hey

 

[Altered Juice]

bodied

 

[Strangelove77]

If I never manually closed my account, would it still be there now?
I haven't logged in since like 2008 or something. I wonder if it's still there.

 

[danowat]

I was more into the MSN chat rooms. Man, that was a dangerous place.

Yahoo was a cesspool it was brilliant, those were the days when the Internet was like the wild west.

 

[LongDongJunon]

Go ahead and take out my Xanga and EasyJournal while you guys are at it please.

 

[Struct09]

A dead website that we all practically signed up for. Did they delete the old accounts? I don't think I need to worry since the password is probably old but it's still worrying.

The thing to worry about would be if you used the same password on other sites. Obviously no one cares about a stupid MySpace account, but you can bet that people will try e-mail + password combos from this leak on other websites.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Wasn't MySpace a thing in like 2003 or so?

2007 was the last year I used it before switching to Facebook.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

If you want to see if you were affected, HIBP has already been updated with this leak: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Thanks for this. I can't believe my 2 exposed accounts came from Major Geeks and NexusMods, sites I can't even remember making accounts for.

 

[Ricky_R]

Thought this was a major necrobump.

 

[mackattk]

What is even scarier now that I think about it, is that you can use facebook to log into a bunch of sites these days.

 

[ShadowElliot]

Now they'll know I used to play Farmville!

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I'm pretty sure no one has the same email account they used in 2006 anymore

Still using my @mac.com e-mail from 2003.

 

[jasonng]

Ah shit I hope they don't find my PMs that I sent to Tila Tequila.

 

[MogCakes]

I don't even remember my password to my old MySpace account anymore. I'd hope they deleted it like they were supposed to, but I doubt they did.

 

[VeryGooster]

brb warning 2005 me

 

[Aselith]

What is even scarier now that I think about it, is that you can use facebook to log into a bunch of sites these days.

Why is that scary? That means if there were a breach, you'd only have to change your facebook password for those sites.

 

[Corronchilejano]

I'm pretty sure no one has the same email account they used in 2006 anymore

I've had my hotmail account for nearly two decades.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

Do we get to sue Dustin Timberlakes?

 

[tkscz]

Well I hope they don't steal the valuable hotmail address I used back then. I don't think my shanic address can handle it.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Oh no! My silentbob**@hotmail.com address has been hacked!

 

[mackattk]

Why is that scary? That means if there were a breach, you'd only have to change your facebook password for those sites.

Just because people tend to recycle passwords. If someone uses the same password for facebook as they did on myspace, they could log into any site that they used facebook to sign up for/with. It is up to the user to update their facebook password and I am not confident many will do so.

 

[Joni]

I'm pretty sure no one has the same email account they used in 2006 anymore

My mail goes back to at least 2000. Luckily not used on MySpace.

 

[strafer]

If you want to see if you were affected, HIBP has already been updated with this leak: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

These four sites on my not in use mail.

no idea what xbox scene is.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

If those fuckers get my Neopets account they'll be hell to pay.

 

[frankie_baby]

I'm pretty sure no one has the same email account they used in 2006 anymore

I've had the same email for 15 years, why would I change it

 

[ghostjoke]

To what end?

 

[StopMakingSense]

This is more valuable for the data in aggregate, moreso than valid passwords it may have. Since the massive Gawker dump, breaches like this have far more advanced password dictionary tables than anything.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Best change my Alta Vista password stat.

 

[Cormano]

I'm sure MySpace is behind all this to make it to the news somehow.

 

[mangochutney]

Top password was 'homelesspa'.

Nearly a million of them. Sounds dubious. Like that's not a typical password, so going to assume thats from automated fake accounts. Nearly a million of them!

 

[Nivash]

These four sites on my not in use mail.

no idea what xbox scene is.

The website is still up but appears to be inactive since 2010 based on them asking "Will you buy the Kinect?" on their front page.

http://www.xbox-scene.com/

EDIT: Oh, it's for homebrew Xbox games.

DOUBLE EDIT: nope, their news page is still alive and updated. They posted the last one in February. Looks like it's just the rest of the site's that's dead, which explains the dated design. How curious, it's like an online post-apocalyptic society, scavenging for scraps in the ruins of what once was. Oh, and the forum lives! http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php

 

[tkscz]

If you want to see if you were affected, HIBP has already been updated with this leak: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Huh, I guess I switched to my yahoo at some point. That email is filled with nothing but junk though.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Myspace is not the only one?

Seems like Linkedin suffered the same fate a week ago.

https://www.troyhunt.com/observations-and-thoughts-on-the-linkedin-data-breach/

Both these data were breached years ago, but came to light now because someone sold the information online.

 

[Symphonia]

Is Tom safe?

He's been such a good friend to me over the years. He was the first person to add me on MySpace. Stay safe, Tom.

 

[Bare Grills]

MySpace was the shit back in high school

 

[BFA]

This reminded me to close my account.

 

[TheOMan]

hopefully the hackers can delete my account from 2006

LOL, this is funny, because it hits close to home.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

As insignificant as Myspace is today, stories of data breaches scare the shit out of me, because it's possible for the same to happen to Facebook, and I cannot imagine having my shit aired (messages, particularly), as well as billions of other people.

I expect it will happen at some point.

 

[Reverend Funk]

uh oh that's where I keep all of my penis and butthole photos

 

[Alcotholic]

Recently i tried seeing if my old account was still up, just to reflect on my old self, but i couldnt find any trace of it. Probably for the better.

 

[Furyous]

My account is still active but I lost the password and requested a reset effective in 72 hours. A few things are working for me:

It's an old address that depending upon one's perception of the term active is no longer available.

I'd don't remember much on that account anyway but still I do not want that account associated with a hacker.

 

[CountAntonius]

At least my angelfire account is still safe.

 

[User 479360]

I kept trying to delete my MySpace account, but could never find the option and they didn't reply to my emails. Hopefully it got deleted.

I don't use that email anymore, or remember the password. I wish I could close it, too, but I don't have any of that info to even get into it. HaveIBeenPwned says it was pwned in the Adobe crack.

 

[Symphonia]

MySpace was the shit back in high school

I met my daughters mother through MySpace. I sometimes like to go back and read through our conversations to see what a fool I was to get with her.