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New data breach
« on: January 17, 2019, 02:07:18 PM »
https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/

773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Check your email address at Have I Been Pwned. One of mine was and I've changed password and I'll keep an eye on it.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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Re: New data breach
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2019, 07:52:23 PM »
Thanks! Reminds me to update many of the URLs in 1Password. :wallbash:
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Re: New data breach
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2019, 01:31:54 PM »
Good to check not only email addresses, but use the password checker they provide as well. It prompted me to clean up my 900+ passwords in 1Password, which took the better part of a day. Things are in much better shape now, though it was annoying to have to re-do passwords for a bunch of things from eons ago, not to mention checking to see if some sites were even still in existence or still remembered me. All the dodgy ones have been dealt with and the "duplicates" aren't really duplicates (just sites that use the same login credentials by design - such as our cable provider login which is required for watching on-demand TV at the various networks). The only weak passwords remaining belong to clients - I can't do much about those - other than suggest they change them. Down to 715 passwords now! Woot! And if you're wondering why so many...try managing 30+ Wordpress sites, all belonging to different people, all with their own domain registrations, hosting accounts, Cpanel, user email, WP user passwords...as well as all your own. Yeah - I'd be completely insane without 1Password.  :toothgrin:
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Re: New data breach
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2019, 05:25:49 PM »
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I'd be completely insane without 1Password.
It didn't help make me saner... :wallbash:
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:

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Re: New data breach
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2019, 10:43:03 PM »
Good to check not only email addresses, but use the password checker they provide as well....not to mention checking to see if some sites were even still in existence or still remembered me.
Good points. I hadn't gone through all those ancient sites. A good project for this next week.

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I'd be completely insane without 1Password.
It didn't help make me saner... :wallbash:
Welllll, some folks *coughXabdcough* are beyond help. :tease:  :rofl: