PSA: Google, Microsoft and Yahoo hacked

[orangerful]

273 million passwords stolen from Google, Microsoft and Yahoo

Just to be safe, I would recommend that you update your passwords if you have a Google, Microsoft or Yahoo account. Better that then to tempt fate!

Now, if you will excuse me, I need to figure out some insanely clever password and then enter it on every single device I own. :-|

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Arrrghhh...changed mine. Thank you for this! I'll be sure to share it...

[penderies.livejournal.com]

Bless you!

[erychan86.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the heads-up :)

[luna-shovegood.livejournal.com]

Damn it. I like my current password!

(Thanks for the heads up.)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

LOL that was what I said and my friend said! I was so proud of it...now I gotta think of something clever AGAIN! How can I bet that clever TWICE?

[angrboda]

I didn't know about this. Thanks.

These are the times when I'm grateful for Keepass to make sure I never use the same pw twice and they should be difficult to guess. (Downside is, I can't actually remember them so I can't log on to stuff unless I have access to Keepass. But I get by just fine. :)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Yeah, working at a public library, with people who only use their email while in the library, we have the issue of forgotten passwords a LOT. And I guess those are the people who are really at risk because they don't even know how to log in to their accounts to make them safe again.

I have a notebook by my desk at home with all my passwords. LOL talk about fortress of security.

[angrboda]

I hate when my phone makes me renew my log ins. It always takes a couple of tries to get it right even though I'm being really careful. :)

[impalalove]

Ahhhhh. Thanks for the headsup.

[kuwlshadow.livejournal.com]

No wonder I kept getter alerts from Google and other accounts too like eBay. I changed passwords in a number of places.

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

Trying to remember if I even have a Google account... Don't think so, but every damn thing is linked to it now. Grrr! Arrrggh!

[domluver.livejournal.com]

Damnit, I can't even remember my password half the time. *sigh*

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[helloautumn.livejournal.com]

http://www.snopes.com/hackers-stole-273-passwords/

anyone who may be seeing this may want to check this out.

(i think this was just a scare tactic because i couldn't find it on major news sites and a simple snopes search with the original link came up with this article.

[impalalove]

I wondered, but it's always a good policy to change your passwords once every three months (or so the recommendations go); which this post was a good reminder to... it had been a... lot longer than that for me.

[helloautumn.livejournal.com]

i just changed mine a month ago, so i got a little scared seeing that news report, but i'm glad to know it wasn't the case. i just hate seeing stuff like this setting paranoia and fear without seeing it had been reported on (in fact, i have not heard of this until this post. it was weird.)

[impalalove]

Agreed!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

okay, I am yelling at my husband when I get home as he was the one who sent me the initial link. LIBRARIAN FAIL! He needs to check his sources better. Sorry for the panic everyone!

[polkadotsshoes.livejournal.com]

Ugh.....again? Great, now I have to think of another super cool password besides the one I currently use. Thanks for the heads up though.

[night-owl-9.livejournal.com]

Just did. Thank you!

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Thanks, changing mine now.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Oh shit - thanks for the heads-up!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Done making changes. Oh yes.


Gabrielle

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Aw man. I don't want to change all my passwords, ugh. *settles in to think of some new password phrase to base it off of*

Thanks for the link!

[teagues-veil.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, thanks for posting this! I hadn't heard anything about it yet.

[place-to-hide.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Now I gotta change my passwords. Sigh.