UK National Crime Agency Finds 225 Million Previously Unexposed Passwords (theregister.com) 11
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency and National Cyber Crime Unit have uncovered a colossal trove of stolen passwords. From a report: We know this because Troy Hunt, of Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) fame, yesterday announced the agency has handed them over to his service, which lets anyone conduct a secure search of stolen passwords to check if their credentials have been exposed. The NCA shared 585,570,857 with HIBP, and Hunt said 225,665,425 were passwords that he hasn't seen before in the 613 million credentials HIBP already stored before the NCA handed over this new batch.
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noun
1: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
2: the quality or state of being double or twofold
3: law : the technically incorrect use of two or more distinct items (such as claims, charges, or defenses) in a single legal action
From Mirriam Webster's online dictionary
While this may not fit 1 or 3, this is certainly 2 to a tee.
Have you considered learning some English instead of complaining about other people using English correctly, like a bitch?
Thanks for the info. (Score:1)
> Hunt did reveal the following were found among the newly compromised passwords.
> flamingo228
> Alexei2005
> 91177700
> 123Tests
> aganesq
Looks like "Hunter2" is back on the safe list.
How is this even possible (Score:2)
How exactly are actual passwords being exposed unless it's happening from a breach on the client side.
Any server that is storing anything other than salted and hashed passwords should be fined.
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People think COVID is a hoax. People think 5G towers spread real world viruses. People think the climate change is some conspiracy from the third world to get the USA down to their level.
While *people* are involved, you can write off any hopes of data security being done competently. A fine won't change that. Jail time won't change that. There will always be passwords stored in plain text.
Also stay clear of any website that has a *maximum* password length requirement (yes they exist). That is an instant red
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> you can write off any hopes of data security being done competently.
Economics is the science of allocating finite resources to infinite needs. It seems we've made our choice and security, green energy, etc are NOT the priority.
The US increased the money supply by 40% and increased the national debt to pay for a specific need which we will be paying off for generations at the cost of other priorities. There are only fnite resources, you can't complain about all of them, only the allocation.
Submission Title Alphabet Soup (Score:2)
Is "Previously Unexposed" supposed to mean exposed but previously unknown?
Title word jumble game gets more complicated by the week.
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I'm guessing British cops found it when they were investigating someone, so it might not have been available for sale or posted publicly before.
Again ? (Score:1)
Sack the "editors"