(Archived) Security - here we go again

[jbenson2 2,149]

First off - Evernote is not mentioned in this breaking news and the age of the passwords is not known.

 

"Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter and Yahoo! were among a group of high-volume websites that had more than 2 million usernames and passwords stolen and posted online Wednesday."

 

But considering the amount of sites affected, it serves as a reminder to change your password again.

And don't use the same password for each of your logons.

 

"...30% to 40% of people use the same passwords on different websites,” security researcher Graham Cluley said in a BBC report. “That’s certainly something people shouldn’t do.”
 

http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/04/millions-of-facebook-usernames-and-passwords-stolen-and-posted-online/

 

 

There is an interesting analysis of the stolen password strengths at this site:

http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/12/look-what-i-found-moar-pony.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Most common passwords?

123456   (15,820 accts)
123456789   (4,875 accts)
1234   (3,315 accts)
password   (2,212 accts)

[jbenson2 2,149]

Fortunately, these social website passwords are not as important as the USA Nuclear Launch Codes.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515598/Launch-code-US-nuclear-weapons-easy-00000000.html

 

(brought to you by the same government that wants to secure all your medical records)

[GrumpyMonkey 4,320]

Good advice! Thanks JB. The US government is neither a model of password security nor one of responsible handling of nukes -- I don't think we ever found the nuke off the coast of Georgia that we lost in the 50s. Here is my advice on passwords:

http://www.christopher-mayo.com/?p=288