[Newsbot]

Title: Russian Hackers Stole 1.2 Billion Internet Credentials
Category: Tech
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2014-08-08 06:42:13
Canadian

[DrCaleb]

Simple fix: Change all your passwords, right now!

[Regina]

I forgot a bunch of passwords.........maybe I can contact them?

[DrCaleb]

Regina Regina:

I forgot a bunch of passwords.........maybe I can contact them?

They want money for them. Perhaps CSEC would be magnanimous?

[DrCaleb]

Reg, is your password here?

http://splashdata.com/press/worstpasswords2013.htm

[Regina]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Reg, is your password here?

http://splashdata.com/press/worstpasswords2013.htm

Crap.........all the good ones are taken.

[andyt]

what about those password managers where you only have to remember one password. Any good?

[DrCaleb]

andyt andyt:

what about those password managers where you only have to remember one password. Any good?

Depends. I use Mozilla's. They encrypt passwords locally, and don't share with anyone. Microsoft's, not so much. Keypass rocks.

Find out what they do with your passwords, and see if it's OK with you.

I also use 'graduated' passwords, that have a predictable pattern so I don't have to use a manager if I don't want to.