[Cialug] Change your password on gawker sites

[Josh More]

Yeah, they're pulling it down as quickly as it's put up.  It looks like they killed the tracker I was using, so I can't even send you that.

Kenny, your password was listed as NULL, so odds are you logged in through Facebook or the like.  (Kinda odd to think of a Facebook account HELPING security.  ;)

If you want the password DB, show up to the LUG meeting this week with a USB drive with about 500Mb to spare.  (I won't give it anyone I do not know personally, by the way.)  It makes for interesting reading.

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of Kenneth Younger [kyounger at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:43
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Change your password on gawker sites

Yes, I keep seeing it mentioned that it's on torrent sites, but I can't seem to find it at all. I'm more curious what my password was on that site than I am about changing it. It was so long ago (and I don't comment on their sites anymore) that I can't remember it and it's not in my LastPass vault.

If anyone does run across it, I would be interested in knowing what password I used. Feel free to email me and let me know.

Or go put some wacky off the wall comments on some Gawker post, then let me know.

-Kenny

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Josh More <MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net<mailto:MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net>> wrote:
You can check if your account was compromised here:  http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=350662

Just do a search on the MD5 of your email address, instructions are in the right column of the spreadsheet.

I'm still looking for the raw dump of the stolen data so I can analyze it.

Josh More | Senior Security Consultant - CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, GIAC-GCIH
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400 Locust St., Suite 840 | Des Moines, IA 50309
515.245.7701 | 888.387.5670 x7701

Santa is Secure.  Are you?
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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org<mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org> [cialug-bounces at cialug.org<mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org>] on behalf of Matthew Nuzum [newz at bearfruit.org<mailto:newz at bearfruit.org>]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 09:13
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: [Cialug] Change your password on gawker sites

Hi, if you use lifehacker, gizmodo or one of the other gawker websites your password may have been compromised (along with 1.5M others)

While initially denying the attack, Gawker has issued an apology to its users on all of its sites, urging them to change their passwords because of the attack. [1] If you have ever commented on any of the Gawker sites, we recommend that you go and change your password.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/gawker-hacked-1-5-million-accounts-compromised/


[1] http://lifehacker.com/5712785/


1) How do I know if my password was hacked?
If you've registered an account on any Gawker Media web site (that includes Gawker, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker, Deadspin, io9, or Fleshbot), and you didn't log in using Facebook Connect, then it's best to assume that your username and password were included among the leaked data.

Passwords in our database are encrypted (i.e., not stored in plain text), but they're still potentially vulnerable to hackers. You should immediately change the password on your account, and if you used that password on any other web site, you should change your passwords on all of those accounts<http://lifehacker.com/5712785/#4> as well.

2) What if I logged in using Facebook Connect? Was my password compromised?
No. We never stored passwords of users who logged in using Facebook Connect.

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