Russian Hackers steal ~1.2 billion usernames and passwords

[ShadowsfeaR]

unless one of those russian hackers has some beef with me i doubt they're gonna pick my username out of 1.2 billion to do some sketchy stuff with

That's not the point. They can release any and all of these passwords to any richardheads in the world with malicious intent.

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[danisaac5]

That's not the point. They can release any and all of these passwords to any richardheads in the world with malicious intent.

Even so. 1.2bn. Thats 1,200,000,000. chances are you won't even get seen in the list.

[dargereldren]

Keep them safely

With multiple passwords it is tempting to write them down and carry them around with you. Better to use some form of secure password vault on your phone.

I already do that.

[Tayasaurus]

That's not the point. They can release any and all of these passwords to any richardheads in the world with malicious intent.

"And yes! All for the low low price of 19.99 can this account be at your mercy!"

[Dodger]

I don't get why this security company has to be a richard and charge websites to notify them if their system was compromised

[Blockzillahead]

Even so. 1.2bn. Thats 1,200,000,000. chances are you won't even get seen in the list.

id hate to be the first guy on the list 

[ShadowsfeaR]

Even so. 1.2bn. Thats 1,200,000,000. chances are you won't even get seen in the list.

It's a poor way to look at it. If you said that to every person on that list, would you expect none of them to get chosen? Is the act of saying "ur not gonna get hacked cus a lot of ppl" eliminate chance for compromise? It's not like the list is in any "high priority" target order. You can't really tell who's who in the list. Everyone has equal chance for their account getting compromised, and it shouldn't be taken lightly. Also, the more people that receive this list, the much higher chance it is that you can have your account forgeted.

[DrenDran]

>mfw i use the same password to every site i registered to ever
>mfw i can only remember 1 password

>mfw we have no faces

[BluetoothBoy]

>mfw we have no faces

The Illuminuminati are upon us.

[Kobewarrior]

I don't get why this security company has to be a richard and charge websites to notify them if their system was compromised

maybe the security company stole those passwords to charge people

[Bosnik]

It's a poor way to look at it. If you said that to every person on that list, would you expect none of them to get chosen? Is the act of saying "ur not gonna get hacked cus a lot of ppl" eliminate chance for compromise? It's not like the list is in any "high priority" target order. You can't really tell who's who in the list. Everyone has equal chance for their account getting compromised, and it shouldn't be taken lightly. Also, the more people that receive this list, the much higher chance it is that you can have your account forgeted.

it's also entirely possible they've released it somewhere where stolen accounts are shared, we just don't know yet

[mus]

they have nothing better to do in their run down country

russia is a stuffhole

[hodot]

>stealing usernames

[Bosnik]

also i love the people in the comments of the youtube video on the OP, saying that the NSA is all behind it lol

[Ikares]

why do all of my friends want to go to russia. i mean, didn't they hear about flight 17? forget you prorussia