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Well, the group of Russian hackers who have hacked into so many major websites and user accounts recently have struck again. This time the victim is Google and their users.
Around 5 million Google usernames and passwords have actually been posted online, and it’s likely that many times that amount were actually stolen. [Read more…]
Popular music service Spotify has announced that their servers have been breached by hackers, but they seem to believe that there is little for their users to worry about.
This attack is the latest in a spurt of hacks that have plagued a number of online services and brick and mortar retail chains in recent months. [Read more…]
Well, another giant website has been hacked. This time it’s eBay, the iconic online auction site and digital marketplace.
eBay issued a statement this morning saying that hackers have managed to steal customer names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and encrypted account passwords. In other words, this one is BIG folks.
If you have an eBay account, you need to log in and change your password immediately. You might also want to start monitoring your credit reports along with your bank account and credit card statements just to be on the safe side.
Important: Please consider sharing this in order to warn as many of your friends as possible.
If you have an account with the URL shortening service Bitly, the company recommends that you log in to your account ASAP to change your password and reset your API key.
Of course this will only affect you if you actually have an account with Bitly. It’s entirely possible to use the service to shorten a URL without opening an account, and plenty of people do.
If you do have a Bitly account, follow these steps to change your password and reset your API key: [Read more…]