Hacker News
- Elsevier Left Users’ Passwords Exposed Online https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbw8b9/elsevier-user-passwords-exposed-online 35 comments
- FIDO specs to pave way for post-password era: Dedicated to easier yet stronger authentication, the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance announced Tuesday that it has published specifications, for broad industry adoption of strong authentication next year http://phys.org/news/2014-12-fido-specs-pave-post-password-era.html 3 comments technology
- Over a billion records belonging to CVS Health exposed online... the database had no password! https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/o1c241/over_a_billion_records_belonging_to_cvs_health/ 254 comments sysadmin
- Largest password data breach in history has been leaked online https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-largest-password-breach-history-leaked.html 4 comments pentesting
- Safer Internet Day: how do you log in online in the EU? In 2020, 3 in 4 people in the EU aged 16-74 logged in to online services using their username and password. This share varied across the EU: 91% in the Netherlands, whereas Romania recorded the lowest share (45%). https://www.reddit.com/gallery/lfw1xg 9 comments europe
- The 200 Most Common Online Passwords of 2020 Are Awful https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7avx8/the-200-most-common-online-passwords-of-2020-are-awful 4 comments privacy
- Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly from NIH, WHO and Gates Foundation are dumped online https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/21/nearly-25000-email-addresses-passwords-allegedly-nih-who-gates-foundation-are-dumped-online/ 6 comments worldnews
- Man arrested in Northern Ireland suspected of trying to sell 12 billion stolen passwords online https://www.thejournal.ie/weleakinfo-stolen-passwords-4969801-jan2020/ 11 comments worldnews
- More than 3,000 Ring users' passwords and credit card info were leaked online, potentially giving hackers access to people's addresses and camera footage https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ring-passwords-credit-card-exposure-leak-hack-2019-12 4 comments technology
- A Researcher Found a Bunch of Voting Machine Passwords Online https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/06/a-researcher-found-a-bunch-of-north-carolina-voting-machine-passwords-online/ 3 comments politics
- A researcher found a bunch of voting machine passwords online https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/06/a-researcher-found-a-bunch-of-north-carolina-voting-machine-passwords-online/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app 92 comments politics
- New Chrome Extension by Google Scans All Your Leaked Passwords Online, Alerts You To Update Your Credentials https://www.rushlywritten.com/2019/02/password-checkup-by-google-scans-your-leaked-usernames-passwords.html#.XFqTfA3x7YI.reddit 17 comments chrome
- Are my online passwords available when I die? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/ae83il/are_my_online_passwords_available_when_i_die/ 10 comments privacy
- Online password worries https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/9ta19f/online_password_worries/ 4 comments privacy
- RCN stores your online passwords as security phrases in plaintext and their reps can see them when you call. and they think its okay to do that. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9i3kaq/rcn_stores_your_online_passwords_as_security/ 36 comments technology
- Young Brits 'lack cyber-security awareness' - More than 52% of Britons aged 18-25 are using the same password for lots of online services, suggests a survey. By doing so they make it easy for hackers to hijack accounts, warned the UK government's Cyber Aware campaign. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43128072 5 comments technology
- Paul Manafort May Have Used 'bond007' as His Online Password http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/donald-trump-paul-manafort-bond007/ 4 comments nottheonion
- 711 Million email accounts and passwords have been collected and published by 'Onliner Spambot' https://www.troyhunt.com/inside-the-massive-711-million-record-onliner-spambot-dump/ 26 comments worldnews
- Hackers have gained access to OneLogin, an online password manager that offers a single sign-on to multiple websites and services. OneLogin said in a blog post that it couldn't rule out the possibility that hackers got keys to reading encrypted data, such as stored passwords. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-hackers-centralized-password-onelogin.html 158 comments technology
- Passwords of top Trump appointees leaked online after earlier data breaches: Report http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/19/passwords-top-trump-appointees-leaked-online-after/ 26 comments politics
- Lending officer asked my SO for the password to his online bank account so she could "get some information she needed" https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5goagv/lending_officer_asked_my_so_for_the_password_to/ 270 comments personalfinance
- I wrote this post a few months ago -- it is not perfect, but still a good way to avoid storing passwords in an online password manager https://www.topbug.net/blog/2016/04/30/manage-passwords-for-multiple-accounts-with-checksums/ 4 comments privacy
- 117 million LinkedIn emails & passwords from 2012 hack just got posted online http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/18/117-million-linkedin-emails-and-passwords-from-a-2012-hack-just-got-posted-online/ 4 comments sysadmin
- 13 million plaintext passwords belonging to webhost users leaked online http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/13-million-plaintext-passwords-belonging-to-webhost-users-leaked-online/ 27 comments sysadmin
- CNN will broadcast the first Democratic Debate live tomorrow, online, for free, no password required. http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/10/08/cnn-facebook-democratic-debate-live-stream/ 1046 comments politics
- 1,800 Minecraft players' email addresses and passwords leak online http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/20/minecraft-players-email-passwords-leak-online 5 comments technology
- Dropbox reportedly hacked, 7 million leaked accounts and passwords go online http://www.techly.com.au/2014/10/14/dropbox-hacked-seven-million-leaked-accounts-passwords-go-online/ 10 comments technology
- "Over the telephone, in jail and online, a new digital bounty is being harvested: the human voice. Businesses and governments around the world increasingly are turning to voice biometrics, or voiceprints, to pay pensions, collect taxes, track criminals and replace passwords." http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/millions-of-voiceprints-quietly-being-harvested-5818766.php 14 comments technology
- fakena.me | "Generate a random fake name, address, username, password, and (usable) email address for use with online message boards, social media, or whatever else." https://fakena.me 8 comments privacy
- Russian Hackers Release 5 Million Gmail Usernames and Passwords Online https://www.yahoo.com/tech/russian-hackers-release-5-million-gmail-usernames-and-97147084299.html 7 comments worldnews
- Five Million 'Gmail Accounts and Passwords of Mostly Russia-Based Users Leaked Online' http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/five-million-gmail-accounts-passwords-mostly-russia-based-users-leaked-online-1464808 10 comments worldnews
- Guy mocks Heartbleed, posts passwords online, invites everyone to do their worst http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/04/17/guy-mocks-heartbleed-posts-passwords-online-invites-hackers-to-do-their-worst/ 3 comments technology
- Password hashing questions, related to online banking http://puu.sh/1xpmC 27 comments webdev
- Hacker faces jail for accessing public URLs that revealed AT&T iPad user emails: The emails weren't hidden behind password prompts or any kind of protection - they were publicly accessible; the case highlights a troubling disconnect between online life and the rule of the law http://www.technologyreview.com/view/507661/jail-looms-for-man-who-revealed-att-leaked-ipad-user-e-mails/ 54 comments technology
- Online passwords: keep it complicated http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/05/online-security-passwords-tricks-hacking 78 comments technology
- Your heartbeat could be your online password. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/02/heartbeats-as-passwords/ 28 comments technology
- Hackers have broken into the networks of both the Iranian and the Dubai governments, stealing more than 10,000 email messages as well as system usernames and passwords and releasing them online. http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/03/anonymous-strikes-again-iranian-and-uae-governments-hacked/ 3 comments worldnews
- Google has confirmed that Gmail has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme". Around 30,000 names and passwords have been posted online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8292928.stm 236 comments technology
- 10,000 Hotmail passwords 'hacked and put online' http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/10000-hotmail-passwords-hacked-and-put-online-1798130.html 8 comments netsec
- The Problem with Every Implementation of a "Forgot Your Password?" Feature I've Seen Online http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/09/19/theproblemwitheveryimplementationofaforgotyourpasswordfeatureiveseenonline.aspx 160 comments programming