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Two Million Passwords Compromised By Keylogger Virus

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

Ocean Consulting writes "CNN is reporting that over two million passwords from web service companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo have been captured via a key logging virus. The story is based on information released by security firm Trustwave. The report critiques how bad people are at making secure passwords, but does mention the use of Pony Botnet Controller."

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  1. I have some bad news and some good news by 14erCleaner · · Score: 5, Funny

    The bad news is that 2 million passwords have been compromised.

    The good news is that they're all "123456".

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    1. Re:I have some bad news and some good news by HairyNevus · · Score: 4, Funny

      At least it wasn't 00000000...

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  2. For the record by koan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not bad at making up secure passwords, I'm just bad at remembering them.

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  3. not me by jafac · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good thing I almost never key-in my passwords.

    I copy them straight off of strongpasswordgenerator.com, and paste them into my password fields.

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  4. Hey, if you get a minute. by mythosaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since they haven't published the impacted usernames yet, if one of you has access to the database, could you see if my password is in it?

    D0uble!!8R3view

    T.I.A.

    1. Re:Hey, if you get a minute. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think I've got you beat on entropy:

      qbJSK08jPHl3t4u7

      They can't crack 95-bit random passwords yet, so I should be totally safe, right?

      -Posting as AC because I can't login to my /. account right now. I think must be a temporary glitch.

    2. Re:Hey, if you get a minute. by mythosaz · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll offer that as a web service.

      Just type your most commonly used username/password pairs into my website, and I'll instantly tell you if they're compromised.

  5. I'm not bad at guessing other people's passwords!! by schlachter · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just have trouble finding the people whom they belong to.

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