Posted on 07/09/2024 8:55:18 AM PDT by george76
Cyber experts have urgently warned people to update their passwords after a hacker uploaded billions of login details.
The leak, called RockYou2024, was posted on July 4th containing a staggering 10 billion passwords from a compilation of old and new data breaches.
Researchers who revealed the leak said the information could allow hackers to target any system that isn’t protected by strict security software including online and offline services, online cameras and industrial hardware.
This could prompt a wave of data breaches, financial fraud and identity theft using the passwords, which were collected from more than 4,000 databases over the last two decades.
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Researchers at Cybernews who investigated the hack said the perpetrator goes by the name ObamaCare.
The person appeared to use 8.4 billion passwords from an earlier crime forum released in 2021.
However, an additional 1.5 billion new passwords were obtained from records from 2021 to 2024.
‘Xmas came early this year,’ ObamaCare wrote on the forum.
‘I present to you a new rockyou2024 password list with over 9.9 billion passwords.’
The hacker added that they ‘also cracked some old ones with [their] new 4090,’ - a high-end Nvidia graphics card - containing ‘actual new real passwords from users.’
The file was released in a 45.6-gigabyte .zip archive using leaked records from sites like X (formerly Twitter), AdultFriendFinder, MyFitnessPal, LinkedIn and Adobe.
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RockYou2024 leak is a compilation of real-world passwords used by individuals all over the world
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should also enable multi-factor authentication which provides a second level of security by requiring verification like facial recognition or a PIN in addition to the password.
‘There really is no excuse not to use unique passwords for every single account as data breaches unfortunately continue to occur and grow,
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
So I should change my FR password from “password?”
changing now to “password2”
That explains my camera issues.
Everybody should be using a password manager to generate unique passwords for all their accounts.
That’s a good password “10BILLION” LOL
I checked. No info out there on my usual security sites.
Might be a bogus posting.
> So I should change my FR password from “password?” <
No. Your FR password is essentially unhackable. As is my “1234”. So I think we’re both good.
See tag line.
I think I’ll use 1,2,3,4,5 for my next password. Any fans of Spaceballs will get the reference.
Speaking from experience...don't...especially if you have a mix of Windows and Apple devices.
On the Windows side, we had a computer that corrupted Windows and had to have it reinstalled. Upon reinstallation, the generated passwords...which only the "security program" knew, ceased to work.
Additionally, we have had numerous issues with the generated passwords transitioning from OSX to Windows 11.
IF you have a poor memory, remember ONE "basic" password and then use an identifier of the website you are accessing as either a prefix or a suffix. For instance... Make your "basic" password something like "Six&3/8ths" or something similar that you CAN remember that is a mixture of upper and lower case, numbers and symbols.
Then, let 's say, you are logging onto an account on www.example.com. You take the first 3 or 4 letters of the website (your call, but be consistent) and add it to the "basic" password, either before or after (again, I suggest you be consistent). In this case you might come up with - examSix&3/8ths.
This type of password will drive a password guessing program crazy.
I went one step further. I got rid of ALL of my passwords for any and everything! if I don’t know my passwords I figure no one else will either. that outta show’em.
John Podesta’s password was “password”... Podesta said that the DNC leaker ( Seth Rich ) .. “should be made an example of.”
Speaking from experience - always backup your password files to a different machine!!!
If you’re on multiple OS’ you can use a 3rd party manager like bitwarden or 1password which will save your passwords securely in the cloud which also helps synchronize access.
Microsoft authenticator will do the same thing.
Unique one for each site, eh?
Each of us has more than a thousand passwords by now, so I guess I better hire someone to manage all that. Every invention of man actually sucks more of your life away and actually makes life harder than it was before.
“...sites like X (formerly Twitter), AdultFriendFinder, MyFitnessPal, LinkedIn and Adobe. “
Nope, nope, nope, nope and nope.
*shrug*
People are like pavlov’s dogs on the internet. They will sign up and salivate at anything.
I always use Supercalafragilisticexpialodocius
Never gets hacked
That’s the same system I came up with, you must be an IT. There was a time when I had to manage over 45 passwords for all of the system access that I needed.
I dont use any of those that were hacked.
LOL
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