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2014-09-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Millions Of Gmail Accounts Hacked, Was Yours One Of Them?

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 More info here - Claims that Gmail has been hacked and five million passwords stolen appear to be overstated at best.

Remember, why should journalist (who lack depth of knowledge) ever be questioned about their reporting? They have all those fact checkers and editors to cover that. Right?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-09-12 08:45|| 2014-09-12 08:45|| Front Page Top

#2 The question I have (and nobody appears to be asking...) is: Why were the passwords stored in cleartext?

Does google actually store passwords, even in text files in cleartext?

Not even using one-way encryption like unix?

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-09-12 09:10|| 2014-09-12 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like a good question, CF.

And it might not be practical for Google but I started blocking Yandex at my firewall a long time ago. Can't trust Russians on the Internet.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-09-12 11:32|| 2014-09-12 11:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe the GIVERnment requested Google to be able to provide actual passwords upon request?

Posted by Airandee 2014-09-12 12:23|| 2014-09-12 12:23|| Front Page Top

#5 There are days where I think simply blocking all RU and CN IP addresses would remedy a lot of what ails the internet.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-09-12 15:11|| 2014-09-12 15:11|| Front Page Top

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