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http://gawker.com/5713056/gawker-security-breach-were-here-to-helpJust letting the people here that own accounts on websites such as Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Gawker, Jezebel, io9, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin, and Fleshbot, that their servers have been compromised and your account information, including email and password, were probably released on the internet in a torrent on the Pirate Bay. Better start changing your shit ASAP.
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2010, 10:22:55 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2010, 10:54:54 PM » |
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Right now, some hackers appear to be using those usernames and passwords to tweet about Acai Berries. Mmm, the plot thickens. |
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2010, 10:58:47 PM » |
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That makes it ten million times worse. Acai Berries make me fucking furious.
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2010, 11:00:34 PM » |
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I never heard of them before now.
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2010, 12:14:18 AM » |
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They're a "super food," supposedly high in antioxidants (in reality comparable to many similar fruits). But specifically, they were a staple food in... I think Brazil? And now the people who rely on them can no longer afford them due to rich white people buying them all up for their health food stores, basically.
So once again more people are without basic nutrients because of advertising and idiots.
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 12:23:08 AM » |
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And greed. Don't forget the greed.
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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2010, 02:48:28 AM » |
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Nothing useful in Acai berries. Certain companies just needed some random exotic sounding fruits for their pyram... multi-level marketing ventures.
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2010, 08:33:34 AM » |
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Yeah it's a scam food. They generate pyramidal scheme with pretenses about magical virtues in these food, and it seems to work wonder with stupid people.
Now it's acai, before that there was stevia, noni,etc...
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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2010, 08:44:30 AM » |
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People need to start using unique passwords for everything they own, so that having one account compromised doesn't compromise everything you have.
To prevent forgetting all your 50 unique passwords, you can mix a single complex password you memorized with a sort of cypher based on some simple rule related to the website you're making an account on, like getting the name of the site and scrambling the first 6 letters in a specific pattern, and stuffing it in the middle of your memorized password.
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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2010, 09:46:09 AM » |
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I saw the text file that was left on the server by the hackers.
Over 400 accounts with the password 'password' and about 200 with 'qwerty'.
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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2010, 10:14:11 AM » |
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Using a bad password for these sites, especially if you just signed up to make one comment on Kotaku or something, is much cleverer than using the same strong password for everything.
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« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2010, 10:16:20 AM » |
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Yes. But along with the silly passwords was the list of emails, and I'm willing to bet at least half of them just used the same crappy password for everything.
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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2010, 10:26:07 AM » |
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My account wasn't compromised, thankfully. Also, I happen to like the flavor of acai berries  they are delicious! |
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« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2010, 10:45:28 AM » |
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Dragonmaw is a dirty supporter of acai TERRORISTS.
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« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2010, 12:09:00 PM » |
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Like a couple weeks ago, I almost created an account to make a comment on Lifehacker somewhere, but i decided it wasn't worth the effort; yay! my laziness saved me!  |
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« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2010, 12:42:15 PM » |
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Like a couple weeks ago, I almost created an account to make a comment on Lifehacker somewhere, but i decided it wasn't worth the effort; yay! my laziness saved me! I'm a lifehacker reader and almost did it as well. Not sure what stopped me, but probably laziness as well  I am pretty guilty of using the same password for everything. But my more important stuff (school accounts, gmail, and any paid accounts like steam/gog) I tend to use variations of my normal password by adding a few numbers of symbols. I've lived my whole life using my simple password system, but this Gawker fiasco reminds me that sites are vulnerable to such attacks and I may not be so lucky in the future. |
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« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2010, 12:45:27 PM » |
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Oh thank god my password didn't go out. I..ehemm... use it for more things than I probably should.
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« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2010, 12:56:30 PM » |
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I have separate passwords for everything.
I've just got them stored on a (physical) piece of paper in my notebook.
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« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2010, 01:14:55 PM » |
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That... seems highly insecure. Isn't the common advise always to never write down your passwords on a piece of paper close to the computer?
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