Password leaks at LinkedIn and others

[Addison D.]

Posted: 6/8/12 at 1:50pm

Is everybody up to speed on the latest Mass Password Security Breach? Millions of LinkedIn, eHarmony and Last.fm passwords were compromised. If you're on any of those sites--and if you tend to use a master password across many sites--you might take a moment and re-set your passwords at any sensitive sites (banks, porn-streaming, etc.)

Cnet has posted a good summary of the situation, highlighting the importance of always typing in the address of a site when you go to change your password. Never click through in response to an email from a site telling you to modify your password. It may well be a phishing scam.


Cnet article