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Hackers Claim to Have 427 Million Myspace Passwords (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the remember-Myspace? dept.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, reporting for Motherboard: There's an oft-repeated adage in the world of cybersecurity: There are two types of companies, those that have been hacked, and those that don't yet know they have been hacked. MySpace, the social media behemoth that was, is apparently in the second category. The same hacker who was selling the data of more than 164 million LinkedIn users last week now claims to have 360 million emails and passwords of MySpace users, which would be one of the largest leaks of passwords ever. And it looks like the data is being circulated in the underground by other hackers as well. It's unclear when the data was stolen from MySpace, but both the hacker, who's known as Peace, and one of the operators of LeakedSource, a paid hacked data search engine that also claims to have the credentials, said it's from a past, unreported, breach.

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  1. Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can they tell me what mine is?

    1. Re:Really? by edittard · · Score: 2

      They don't have my myspace password because I don't have a space.

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    2. Re:Really? by cayenne8 · · Score: 2

      I didn't know MySpace was still even in existance....?

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    3. Re:Really? by aicrules · · Score: 1

      It came back to life as a music-centric social media platform.

    4. Re:Really? by pr0fessor · · Score: 2

      My son he used to leave his myspace account logged in on the family computer because that was back when most families only had one computer... So one day I changed his myspace theme to my little pony.

    5. Re:Really? by Rod+Beauvex · · Score: 1

      Calm down there, Satan.

    6. Re:Really? by antdude · · Score: 1

      1d10t!

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  2. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    There are still 427 million MySpace accounts.

    1. Re:In other news by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 2

      In other news, MySpace still exists?

  3. And nothing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    of value was lost.

  4. Blast From The Past by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 2

    Hackers Claim to Have 427 Million Myspace Passwords...

    And yet nothing of value was lost.

    Seriously, anyone uses MySpace anymore?

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    1. Re:Blast From The Past by Art+Challenor · · Score: 4, Insightful

      MySpace, Facebook, What'sApp, etc. if there really are 400 million, a useful percentage will be the same across different sites. Might as well throw them against banking sites and see what you get.

    2. Re:Blast From The Past by epseps · · Score: 2

      Seeing how people are attached to their old passwords I bet there is some value to these accounts.

      Considering I just finished up a gig where I worked with Novell Netware 3.1 I firmly believe that people will still use everything that the rest of us think is long gone.

      Pardon me, someone is trying to reach me on VMS PHONE so I have to hurry.

    3. Re:Blast From The Past by Zedrick · · Score: 1

      > Seriously, anyone uses MySpace anymore?

      2005 called and wanted it's question back.

      (2005 then called again and wanted that stupid joke back)

    4. Re:Blast From The Past by Cajun+Hell · · Score: 1

      Seriously, anyone uses MySpace anymore?

      You didn't know? MySpace is the new darknet. We're all over there, buying drugs with bitcoin.

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  5. I wonder if I still have an account by jfdavis668 · · Score: 1

    Do they eventually go away?

  6. Don't believe it by gurps_npc · · Score: 2

    Seriously, you expect me to believe there are still over 400 million Myspace accounts left?

    I mean really. Next you will be telling me there are unpaid women on Ashley Madison.

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    1. Re:Don't believe it by jfdavis668 · · Score: 2

      I'm glad I'm still on Frienster

    2. Re:Don't believe it by wardrich86 · · Score: 1

      Absolutely - though many of them are inactive, they still exist. I'd assume most of us have long since changed our password systems since then, though.

    3. Re:Don't believe it by Sir+Holo · · Score: 1

      Seriously, you expect me to believe there are still over 400 million Myspace accounts left?

      I mean really. Next you will be telling me there are unpaid women on Ashley Madison.

      It's because we all forgot to delete them. We simply forgot about their existence, and moved on.

      So, 400 Million MySpace accounts? You betcha! Active MySpace accounts? Near zero.

  7. Re:Myspace? by HumanWiki · · Score: 1

    I don't miss being bugged to have people in my Top X list... That's more annoying than the "A friend wants you to like a page"

  8. Uh oh. by GungaDan · · Score: 1

    Can I pay their ransom in Flooz?

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  9. Dunno by s.petry · · Score: 2

    Maybe you should log in to AOL or Prodigy and see for yourself!

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    1. Re:Dunno by mrbester · · Score: 1

      If only I hadn't used the CDs for disposable coasters over 15 years ago...

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    2. Re:Dunno by MachineShedFred · · Score: 2

      I was pissed when they changed to CDs for their mailbox spam - I had a free source of floppy disks for a long time there...

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    3. Re:Dunno by pr0fessor · · Score: 1

      I swear I was never BOFH at prodigy...

      Man I miss those days.

  10. what will they do next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Put malware on my AOL disk?
    Vandalize my Geocities website?

    1. Re:what will they do next? by dejitaru · · Score: 1

      Wrong era... AOL disks were faded out prior to myspace (they were using CDs then) and Geocities were mostly popular prior to myspace (2001 and before) (not to mention shut down in 2009)... but you were close, so C for effort!

  11. And I have a map to a treasure chest by hey! · · Score: 1

    ... full of Confederate dollars.

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    1. Re:And I have a map to a treasure chest by desdinova+216 · · Score: 1

      and I'm sure there's probably a collector who would be interested.

  12. Wait. What? by theGhostPony · · Score: 1

    Myspace is still a thing?!?

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  13. That's the wrong saying.... by Drewdad · · Score: 1

    Companies are rapidly all falling into the same category: those that have been hacked and will be hacked again.

  14. Asking the real questions by tehlinux · · Score: 1

    At what point does the FBI get involved? That's got to be dozens of dollars in damage right there!

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  15. Re:Slashdot will defend hackers and blame victims by pellik · · Score: 1

    Because stealing myspace passwords is a victimless crime.

  16. Re:Slashdot will defend hackers and blame victims by dejitaru · · Score: 2

    Wow, arrested AND executed... Let me guess... you're pissed that hackers got access to your myspace and now notices your weird obsession with Tom?

  17. Didn't realize there were still 427million users by Fallen+Kell · · Score: 1

    Seriously, who still uses it?

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  18. LMFAO they got a time machine too by future+assassin · · Score: 1

    who the fuck even uses MySpace anymore?

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  19. Unless you have a specific target by dejitaru · · Score: 2

    I really only would think you would hack myspace out of sheer boredom or curiosity of the security. Given that majority of the user names and passwords are from inactive accounts, and I would think most of the emails and passwords are outdated.

  20. What's Myspace? by thegarbz · · Score: 1

    Is that like a wannabe Facebook or something?

    1. Re:What's Myspace? by phantomfive · · Score: 1

      Hopefully it's a mirror that reflects Facebook's destiny.

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    2. Re:What's Myspace? by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      Why?
      Why wish for the removal of a service that hundreds of millions of people actively use?

    3. Re:What's Myspace? by phantomfive · · Score: 1

      Popularity is no indication of quality.
      I wish for the end of "big oil" and even more people use that. Presumably if Facebook disappears, something better will replace it.

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    4. Re:What's Myspace? by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      How about we provide an alternative before dictating what other people do or don't use.

    5. Re:What's Myspace? by phantomfive · · Score: 1

      No, I'd be happy if Facebook disappeared before an alternative showed up. I'm not dictating anything, I don't have that power.

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    6. Re:What's Myspace? by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      So again. As someone who's not using Facebook why would you be happy if suddenly millions of users are unable to use a service they are (I assume) happy with?

    7. Re:What's Myspace? by phantomfive · · Score: 1

      Because I don't have the power to actually do that, I have no reason to worry about the happiness other people.
      When I actually get that power, I'll start considering their happiness in balance with my own.

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  21. I have 10 Million Leman Bros. Shares! by burni2 · · Score: 1

    And they are also worthless!

  22. And by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 1

    I have some Enron Stock.

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  23. Re:Slashdot will defend hackers and blame victims by inode_buddha · · Score: 1

    "Because stealing myspace passwords is a victimless crime."

    Yeah, like jacking off into a birdbath!

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  24. sort -u by slashdime · · Score: 1

    A lot of people are laughing because password leaks of deprecated sites would be of no use to them.

    But 427 million lines of actual passwords added to a dictionary file would not be trivial to discount.

    Of course, in this instance, it's myspace so perhaps they are right to laugh. Piping that file through a sort -u might leave them with lot less than advertised.

    1. Re:sort -u by SvnLyrBrto · · Score: 1

      Even as far back as when I still used MySpace though, I was already using a password manager and strings randomly generated gibberish for web passwords. It wasn't as nice a program back then as 1password is now. But still...

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  25. Meanwhile... by SeaFox · · Score: 1

    One hacker appears to have North Korea's Facebook password.

  26. 426 Million of them by tomhath · · Score: 1

    Probably 426 Million of the hacked passwords are "123456".

  27. Re: Slashdot will defend hackers and blame victims by Opportunist · · Score: 1

    No, but I'm also against punishments that are in no relation to the crime committed.

    By the logic displayed, the least I'd expect for a couple managers is hanging, drawing and quartering, for anything less would simply be in no relation to "arresting and executing" of someone whose crime was to find out a few passwords to a service that has no to little financial impact on the victims.

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  28. In other words... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Someone stole 426.99 million passwords used by chatbots and Nigerian princes.

  29. so? by nanodec · · Score: 1

    um... ok?

  30. What's Myspace? by tgibson · · Score: 1

    Is that another one of those new trendy apps?

  31. My MySpace! Oh noooooo... by Narcocide · · Score: 1

    Just kidding, didn't have one. Haha. Windows users are funny, aren't they?

  32. Slightly more valuable than 427M Friendster passwo by Tom_Nikl · · Score: 1

    but just barely...

  33. An Important Reminder by davesays · · Score: 1

    If you are really going to abandon a (digital) space (like myspace), replace the password with something randomly generated and as long as the site will allow before nuking your profile...

  34. Re:Blast From The Pabst by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    It's considered suitably retro now. I'm going to write a kickstarter proposal for emulating blink tags with React as soon as I've fixed my fixie.

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  35. MySpace? by jaq1an · · Score: 1

    I thought that died with BeBo!

  36. AOL? by volpe · · Score: 1

    How many AOL passwords have they stolen?