Android Forums Hacked: 1 Million User Credentials Stolen

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 12, 2012 @10:45AM from the protect-ya-neck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Phandroid's AndroidForums.com has been hacked. The database that powers the site was compromised and more than one million user account details were stolen. If you use the forum, make sure to change your password ASAP. From the article: 'Phandroid has revealed that its Android Forums website was hacked this week using a known exploit. The data that was accessed includes usernames, e-mail addresses, hashed passwords, registration IP addresses, and other less-critical forum-related information. At the time of writing, the forum listed 1,034,235 members.'"

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Forums by Archangel+Michael · 2012-07-12 11:10 · Score: 4, Insightful

Most websites are "NOT SECURE" enough, so pretending that they are is simply dangerous. Wanna know how secure that website is? The Login is not on a SSL connection. Nuff Said!

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