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  1. 2012-07-13, 05:46 #1
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    Exclamation Email password vulnerability

    FYI

    Hackers expose 453,000 credentials allegedly taken from Yahoo service
    http://arstechnica.com/security/2012...ervice-hacked/
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  2. 2012-07-13, 17:24 #2
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    Unhappy Passwords in plain text ...

    FYI...

    Yahoo services, gmail.com, hotmail.com, and aol.com ...
    >> https://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...angry_and_easy
    July 12, 2012 - "... a list of 453,492 email addresses and passwords in plain text on Thursday, saying they had found them by hacking into a database associated with an unnamed Yahoo service. The passwords weren't all for Yahoo services; they also come from domain names including gmail.com, hotmail.com and aol.com..."

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  3. 2012-07-13, 18:30 #3
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  4. 2012-07-13, 18:38 #4
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    Unhappy Password Leaks Continue ...

    It gets worse ...

    > http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...09&postcount=8

    Good grief - it's Friday the 13th...

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    Quote Originally Posted by AplusWebMaster View Post
    It gets worse ...

    > http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...09&postcount=8

    Good grief - it's Friday the 13th...

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