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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 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.

  2. 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. 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

  4. 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 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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  5. Re:In other news by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 2

    In other news, MySpace still exists?

  6. 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?

  7. 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.