150 million accounts leaked - check here if you are affected

[Ken Cox]

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ken

[Guest Yachtsman1]

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ken

Ken did you get that by pony express :unsure:/> I reported that a month ago

Regards Eric ;)/>

Yachtsman1.

[Ken Cox]

funny thing I cant find your entry

afterdawn news letter just posted it today

5 November 2013 150 million accounts leaked - check here if you are affected

About a month ago Adobe confirmed that their systems were breached and user account details were compromised. Security researchers and hackers got their hands on the data and news started circulating the web. The leaked data contains, among other data, email addresses and encrypted passwords. The encryption key is so far unknown, but it could be just a matter of time before all the data ...

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ken

[Guest Yachtsman1]

funny thing I cant find your entry

afterdawn news letter just posted it today

5 November 2013 150 million accounts leaked - check here if you are affected

About a month ago Adobe confirmed that their systems were breached and user account details were compromised. Security researchers and hackers got their hands on the data and news started circulating the web. The leaked data contains, among other data, email addresses and encrypted passwords. The encryption key is so far unknown, but it could be just a matter of time before all the data ...

Read full story

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2013/11/05/150_million_accounts_leaked_-_check_here_if_you_are_affected?utm_source=newsletterENG&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20131108

ken

Specsavers? Vision Express? Pony Express?

Regards Eric ;)/> :blink:/> :ph34r:/>

Yachtsman1

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Specsavers? Vision Express? Pony Express?

http://www.picturest...__1#entry111507

That was the first report. New information came out this past week and its a lot worse than thought.

The sad part about this is how many stupid people use easy to guess passwords like 123456 (almost 2 million!) or password (almost 350000) or worse, put the password in the hint for all to see. That's just begging for problems.

Here's the top 100 passwords used: http://stricture-gro...dobe-top100.txt