KidM to CybersecurityEnglish · 21 days ago17,000,000 GrubHub passwords and other data exposed, hackers claimcybernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-link17,000,000 GrubHub passwords and other data exposed, hackers claimcybernews.comKidM to CybersecurityEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·20 days agoMy dumbass read “github” and I had a small heart attack.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoI was right there with you
minus-squarestarshipwinepineapple@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoEven if it was github, they have mandatory 2fa now which would help. Still some risks for people who reuse passwords on other services or if their 2fa got compromised (sim swaps), etc but wouldn’t be full blown catastrophic
minus-squareryedaftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoI thought the point of salting was that the reuse doesn’t matter as much?
minus-squareVeryFrugallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoThere’s always a chance you get phished and your password as a plaintext gets compromised. Using a same password makes it extra damaging.
My dumbass read “github” and I had a small heart attack.
I was right there with you
Even if it was github, they have mandatory 2fa now which would help. Still some risks for people who reuse passwords on other services or if their 2fa got compromised (sim swaps), etc but wouldn’t be full blown catastrophic
I thought the point of salting was that the reuse doesn’t matter as much?
There’s always a chance you get phished and your password as a plaintext gets compromised. Using a same password makes it extra damaging.