711 million email addresses ensnared in "largest" spambot

This article doesn't like being opened in a frame. Go here:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/onliner-sp ... -millions/

And to see if your email/password has been compromised, go here:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Two old yahoo email addresses might have been pwned, current passwords are fine. My air-gap email address (it's not used on any mobile devices) I use for financial transactions etc is safe.

Oddly, both of my business addresses were in there. I don't give those out.

I can only guess someone had me in their address book on their phone, and downloaded an app that slurped up their contact list without asking. Uber, for example, is bad for that sort of thing.

Oh good I'm safe...this time. Even my old hotmaip account which I use for sketchy websites.

So in small words for the slow people in the class. What is pwn

Both of my email usernames are fine but my username in here comes up as pwned.

A computer culture misspelling of the word 'own'. p -> o, the keys are side by side. You have been 'owned' (or pwned) is a term meaning someone else now controls some virtual item that you used to. They own the virtual you.

Are you sure it's here? Did you use that username somewhere else? Is it someone else with the same username?

My usernames on different sites all check out as unpowned.

Are you sure it's here? Did you use that username somewhere else? Is it someone else with the same username?

My usernames on different sites all check out as unpowned.
No I don't use that username anywhere else.

I guess someone else out there in cyberland might use Strutz but I randomly tried other usernames from this site and they came up pwned. Coincidence?

Are you sure it's here? Did you use that username somewhere else? Is it someone else with the same username?

My usernames on different sites all check out as unpowned.
No I don't use that username anywhere else.

I guess someone else out there in cyberland might use Strutz but I randomly tried other usernames from this site and they came up pwned. Coincidence?

Can't say. I tried my username(s) here, and they came up as not pwned.

Both of my email usernames are fine but my username in here comes up as pwned.
After your post I re-checked and my user name shows up. Yours like mine could be used by other people on other websites which explains why they show up.



You're a Pornhub member too?

My email is OK but raydan is powned.

Never used it as a password though and this is the only place I use raydan. I do know that other people use it as a username on other sites.

As long as my Reality Kings and Naughty America accounts are safe then I'm happy.