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A Billion Passwords Have Been Stolen. Here’s What to Do Now.
Aug. 6, 2014 - A Russian cybercrime gang has stolen some 1.2 billion Internet passwords and user names.
At this point, we don’t know which sites the passwords are connected to. But given the size of the possible theft, this is something you should take time to respond to as soon as you can, by updating your passwords and making sure they are secure.
Losing a password to a website that holds your personal data like emails can be much harder to recover from. So here’s how to prioritize your response.
Protect your web identity and online data first.
This means Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Dropbox, Twitter, Apple iCloud etc —any place where you communicate with people and leave valuable data - your emails going back years, family photos, music, and work documents.
Read this story by the Atlantic magazine‘s James Fallows. Hackers cracked his wife’s Google password and used it to send out scam emails to her contacts — and when they were done, they wiped all her email. She was able to recover it with Google’s help, but it took a lot of footwork and quick response.
Hacked! - James Fallows - The Atlantic
So change your passwords on these sites right now.
The Passwords to Change Right Now - 1
Aug. 6, 2014 - A Russian cybercrime gang has stolen some 1.2 billion Internet passwords and user names.
At this point, we don’t know which sites the passwords are connected to. But given the size of the possible theft, this is something you should take time to respond to as soon as you can, by updating your passwords and making sure they are secure.
Losing a password to a website that holds your personal data like emails can be much harder to recover from. So here’s how to prioritize your response.
Protect your web identity and online data first.
This means Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Dropbox, Twitter, Apple iCloud etc —any place where you communicate with people and leave valuable data - your emails going back years, family photos, music, and work documents.
Read this story by the Atlantic magazine‘s James Fallows. Hackers cracked his wife’s Google password and used it to send out scam emails to her contacts — and when they were done, they wiped all her email. She was able to recover it with Google’s help, but it took a lot of footwork and quick response.
Hacked! - James Fallows - The Atlantic
So change your passwords on these sites right now.
The Passwords to Change Right Now - 1
