13,000 Passwords, Usernames Leaked For Major Commerce, Porn Sites
The Daily Dot reports that yesterday a "group claiming affiliation with the loose hacker collective Anonymous released a document containing approximately 13,000 username-and-password combinations along with credit card numbers and expiration dates." Most of the sites listed are distinctly NSFW, among other places, but the list includes some of the largest retailers, too, notably Amazon and Wal-Mart.
It's been 48 hours since Microsoft's XBox network was downed by hackers. That's not the worst news for Microsoft security this year.
What a short memory we have.