Massive data dump containing millions of passwords sparks security alert: Is your data safe?
News of the dataset comes from Troy Hunt, operator of the Have I Been Pwned service used to identify emails that appear in data breaches.
Use a password manager. Every account gets a different (and strong) password.
Obviously any reputable password manager is better than none at all, but I strongly recommend using KeepassXC on the desktop and a suitable mobile client for phones and tablets, and syncing the database across devices with an encrypted peer to peer sync tool like Synching.
I've always been nervous about being part of a large, juicy cloud hosted target, and LastPass was the proof that those concerns are well-founded.
All cool and dandy, until you have to type that random 50 letter string on your TV.
You don't need to make it that long.
And also most TVs or whatever you're streaming with has a way to type from your phone nowadays. Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, heck I think even Xbox.
It's kinda nice on Apple TV your phone will suggest autofill passwords for the TV, even from theirs party password managers like Bitwarden.
I had to do that recently, ended up being easier to just temporarily change the password to something short on a pc, then change it back after.
Additionally, I use simplelogin so they also gotta match unique passwords with my unique emails and then get past 2fa.
Let me tell you something about Betteridge's law for headlines
This story is a great demonstration of my maxim that any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "no." The reason why journalists use that style of headline is that they know the story is probably bullshit, and don't actually have the sources and facts to back it up, but still want to run it
Thank you so much for introducing me to this
My pleasure :)
Cybersecurity is expensive and doesn't contribute directly to profits. It can prevent serious damages (legal, financial, and reputation) but that requires long-term thinking. Most executives don't look past quarterly earnings.
Neoliberals: "OK how about we keep doing the thing that makes them care only about next quarter, but give them a $1 fine every time they're negligent?"
id recommend custom email addresses.. most places let you tack on arbitrary strings to your email address or if you have your own domain, you can just forward all and use anyname@yourdomain on the fly.
no single system compromise can affect any other system
On the other end, prevent malicious actors from using identity theft to get credit cards and loans: freeze your credit.
It'll be a minor hassle when you go to get a car loan, and forget that your credit is frozen - but you will be able to temporarily unfreeze it from your phone.
Any lemmy instances included in this breach?
Edit: Doesn't appear to be the case. At least, when I checked mine they were fine.
Is there someplace to get this list of passwords? I'm not worried about my current passwords being on there, but there was one I used years ago that I still haven't found on any list. I'm curious if it's on there yet.
The list has been added to haveibeenpwned.com, you can check your passwords here.
OH NO, IT'S ON THERE!
...anyway...