Thousands of Twitter account passwords leaked (update: or not)

Xeni Jardin 4:38 pm Tue May 8, 2012

Elinor Mills at CNET digs into who leaked thousands of username/email/password sets yesterday, and what Twitter is doing about it.

Here are the Pastebin leaks, in case you want to check to see if your account was one of the ones published: one, two, three, four, five.

It's not entirely clear that this is the massive user data breach it was made out to be when first revealed.

A quick scan of the Pastebin dump (hell yeah, I checked for my own) shows that many of the listed accounts appear to be duplicates, and/or spambots or suspended accounts.

Further, the passwords are "stronger" than average: this link shows seemingly random alphanumeric strings, mixed case, 8 characters every single one. Wonder what the real story is.

If in doubt about your own account, you can always update your password.

Re: Allegedly exposed credentials: We're looking into the situation and have pushed out password resets to potentially affected accounts.

— Twitter Comms (@twittercomms) May 9, 2012

The list of alleged accounts & passwords consists of more than 20,000 duplicates. Also suspended spam accounts & incorrect login credentials

— Twitter Comms (@twittercomms) May 9, 2012

Amazon used a China firm on U.S. blacklist for thermal cameras to monitor workers for COVID-19 fever

• Amazon's new Chinese thermal spycam vendor was blacklisted by U.S. over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities READ THE REST
Financial Times journalist Mark Di Stefano accused of accessing private Zoom meetings, then publishing the information

Mark Di Stefano of the Financial Times is accused by The Independent of accessing private Zoom meetings held by The Independent and The Evening Standard as journalists were learning how… READ THE REST
Hackers tried to break into WHO, which faces more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks

Hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, Reuters reports. Security experts blame an advanced cyber-espionage hacker group known as DarkHotel.… READ THE REST
Short Post, just one paragraph

Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager

We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds

While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST