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Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Internet Passwords
2014-08-06
NYT article. Usual doom and gloom.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  And repor from HONG KONG, no less.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-08-06 22:54  

#7  I wonder if they got "CorrectHorseBatteryStaple"
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-08-06 17:41  

#6  A quarter of all were either '12345678' or 'password'.

Sounds like the thing an idiot would have on his luggage.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-08-06 17:16  

#5   We have registered your new password successfully... From Russia with Love. from Your Hacker Boris....
Posted by: Omolulet Angiling3112   2014-08-06 16:46  

#4  One capital letter and one symbol @#$%& somewhere in the middle will make most passwords almost unhackable...throw in a couple of random numbers and use 3s instead of e or e instead of three and 5 and s and you can just relax.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2014-08-06 16:06  

#3  A quarter of all were either '12345678' or 'password'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-08-06 11:58  

#2  Sounds like we need more and more two-factor authentication now days.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-08-06 10:21  

#1  Are we certain this hacking job isn't Putin government-sponsored? The Russian gang story is just a front?
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-08-06 10:15  

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