IMPORTANT: Gawker Comment Accounts Compromised
This morning I received the following email:
This weekend we discovered that Gawker Media's servers were compromised,
resulting in a security breach at Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Gawker, Jezebel,
io9, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin, and Fleshbot. As a result, the user name
and password associated with your comment account were released on the
internet. If you're a commenter on any of our sites, you probably have
several questions.
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sorry for and embarrassed about this breach of security. Right now we
are working around the clock to improve security moving forward. We're
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sure you understand what has happened, how it may or may not affect you,
and what we're doing to fix things.
This is what you should do immediately: Try to change your password in
the Gawker Media Commenting System. If you used your Gawker Media
password on any other web site, you should change the password on those
sites as well, particularly if you used the same username or email with
that site. To be safe, however, you should change the password on those
accounts whether or not you were using the same username.
We're continually updating an FAQ (http://lifehac.kr/eUBjVf) with more
information and will continue to do so in the coming days and weeks.
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I confirmed it on the Gizmodo site and Lifehacker. Also sent it to Bluesnews, I wonder if he'll publish it soon.
Silly me I thought "I'm not a member of any of those sites! But I checked my emails and around the time Gizmodo was under attack b/c of the iPhone 4 that was found in a bar, I wanted to say something in support of the journalist (silly me), and OF FUCKING COURSE to say anything I had to make an account. So yay! I get to change all my passwords now!
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What a massive, horrible breach. I'm glad I don't log on to any of those sites, though I do often visit io9 and gizmodo.
I got a mail too, but I never had an account in any of the places. Weird.
*unsticky powers activate? hmmm doesnt have the same gusto...
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