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Update: Gawker Media Confirms That Their Commenter Database Was Hacked

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Yesterday Gawker Media denied reports that their database of 1.5 Million usernames, emails and passwords had been hacked. Comments broadcast via the apparently compromised Twitter feed of Gawker Media’s tech and gadget site Gizmodo strongly suggested a security compromise. Gawker Editorial Director Scott Kidder claimed through his own Twitter feed that “No evidence to suggest any Gawker Media’s user accounts were compromised, and passwords encrypted anyway.” Mediaite can now confirm that the Gawker’s database has been compromised at least to some degree. Evidence delivered from an anonymous source claiming responsibility for the security breach, also claims that a complete sharing of the private user data will be shared later today at 9PM GMT (4pm EST.) Update #2 – Data has been shared and Gawker’s CMS as been hacked as well.

Originally reported by Joe Coscarelli at The Village Voice, an apparently hacked Gizmodo Twitter account announced support for WikiLeaks, but also announced the following message “Gawker.com Gizmodo.com Lifehacker.com hacked, 1.5 Million usernames/emails/passwords taken:

This morning, Matt Brian reported on the alleged security breach for TheNextWeb:

From the information we have been provided, it appears that some of the base infrastructure of the Gawker Media organization has landed in the hands of people completely unrelated to the site or business itself. Though we were initially under the impression that it was the 4chan-founded group of Anonymous we have since been told, via email, that the responsible party has no affiliation with Anonymous or others. In fact, here’s what we’ve seen, in whole:

It has come to our attention that you are reporting about gawker.com being hacked by Anonymous and Operation payback in the war against the wikileaks drama that is currently taking place. While we feel for Wikileaks plight, and encourage everyone to donate and mirror the site, we are not related to Operation Payback or engaged in their activities. We have compromised all their email accounts and databases, and a significant portion of the passwords have been unhashed into plaintext.

To prove the validity of our claims, here is a sample of the database: [redacted]

While we were, of course, skeptical of the information the claims were potentially huge. That said, we did ask for proof and proof was provided via screenshots of information that would typically only be available to a site administrator or owner.

A screengrab of what TheNextWeb claims to be a Campfire group chat sessions of Gawker’s editorial staff:


Mediaite was also contacted by an individual who has remained anonymous and cannot be verified. The source, however, did share examples of what appear to be working pairings of usernames and passwords for users to comment on Gawker Media sites. If this is a real hack, and again, there is no concrete evidence that the entire database has been compromised, it would be a particularly embarrassing security breach for Gawker Media. In fact, it was Gawker’s alleged arrogance that seems to be the motivation for the hack. The anonymous source claims:

We went after Gawker because of their outright arrogance. It took us a few hours to find a way to dump all their source code and a bit longer to find a way into their database.

We found an interesting quote in their Campfire logs:

Hamilton N.: Nick Denton Says Bring It On 4Chan, Right to My Home Address (After
The Jump)

Ryan T.: We Are Not Scared of 4chan Here at 210 Elizabeth St NY NY 10012

I mean if you say things like that, and attack sites like 4chan (Which we are not affiliated to) you must at least have the means to back yourself up. We considered what action we would take, and decided that the Gawkmedia “empire” needs to be brought down a peg or two. Our groups mission? We don’t have one.

We will be releasing the full source code dump along with the database at 9PM GMT today. You are the only outlet we have told the release time.

When contacted by Mediaite, Mr. Kidder reiterated that there was no evidence of any security breach, but that they were still investigating the claims.

Earlier this year, Gawker attracted national media attention and launched an FBI investigation with a report on an iPad security breach which exposed the identities and personal information of 114,000 iPad 3G owners, including Mike Bloomberg, Harvey Weinstein, and Diane Sawyer.

Now, Gawker has been hit with what appears to be a security breach of ten times the magnitude. Given Gawker’s public flaunting of the hacker community that populates 4Chan — with which our source emphasizes the group involved in this particular database hack has no affiliation — combined with Gawker’s at-times schadenfreude-filled celebration of other major media outlets’ failings, this is sure to be a story that gets lots of attention in the coming days and weeks.

Update – Scott Kidder shares with Mediaite the following note to all staff that confirms that their database has in fact been hacked:

Our user databases do indeed appear to have been compromised. The passwords were encrypted. But simple ones may be vulnerable to a brute-force attack. You should change the password on Gawker (GED/commenting system) and on any other sites on which you’ve used the same passwords. Out of an abundance of caution, you should also change your company email password and any passwords that may have appeared in your email messages.

We’re deeply embarrassed by this breach. We should not be in the position of relying on the goodwill of the hackers who identified the weakness in our systems. And, yes, the irony is not lost on us. Lifehacker has tips on how to create strong passwords: http://lifehac.kr/h7jgzQ

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Scott/654124552 Jonathan Scott

    it wasnt us but I fully support it you peasants.

  • Atticus Draco

    Gawker Media’s Entire Commenter Database Appears To Have Been Hacked

    I should feel alarmed,, concerned,, about this right?
    but instead,,
    i just cant keep laughing about it

  • lazzzlo

    A little bit of intrigue on a Sunday afternoon…oh wait, dammit, I’m in Gizmodo’s user database.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Scott/654124552 Jonathan Scott

    oh fuck i didnt mean to type that shit!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Scott/654124552 Jonathan Scott

    I guess Richard L. should probably prepare for battle eh.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Scott/654124552 Jonathan Scott

    think about Hal turner right.

  • lolitahaze

    hilarious. i am having an equally funny argument with dick lawson’s gizmodo white knights on the next web. HE’S A NICE GUY, YOU PEASANT!

    oh my sides.

  • Contessa

    Those “peasants” are the creme de la creme of commentators on the web. Many of us read Gawker more for the commentary than the stories – so treat them right NIck!

  • lolitahaze

    Contessa said:
    Those “peasants” are the creme de la creme of commentators on the web. Many of us read Gawker more for the commentary than the stories – so treat them right NIck!

    but contessa, richard lawson was just being sarcastic, i mean, who uses the word peasant anymore? that comment is from dick lawson by the way.

  • skyfet

    Payback is a ******

  • Greg

    Seems like the balance of power is in flux… Technical meritocracy means a new sphere which outmaneuvers governments and corporations afloat in the digital ether.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Liberals hacking liberals!

  • Atticus Draco

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Liberals hacking liberals!

    LMAO!
    I know,, isnt that delish,, lol

  • lolitahaze
  • Greg

    Atticus Draco said:
    LMAO!
    I know,, isnt that delish,, lol

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Liberals hacking liberals!

    The motivation (to the degree that it might be discerned) of groups like anonymous has little to do with left right partisanship. Interesting article below.
    http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/12/what-its-like-to-participate-in-anonymous-actions/67860/

  • Greg

    Greg said:
    Seems like the balance of power is in flux… Technical meritocracy means a new sphere which outmaneuvers governments and corporations afloat in the digital ether.

    Economist explains it well…
    http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/12/more_wikileaks

  • Atticus Draco

    Greg said:
    Atticus Draco said:
    LMAO!
    I know,, isnt that delish,, lol

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Liberals hacking liberals!

    The motivation (to the degree that it might be discerned) of groups like anonymous has little to do with left right partisanship. Interesting article below.
    http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/12/what-its-like-to-participate-in-anonymous-actions/67860/

    I MEAN C’MON!!!
    THESE PEOPLE AINT SUPPORTING G.W. ,,, OKAY?!?!?

    LET’S JUST SAY,,, THEY AINT FANS OF THE TEA PARTY,, ALRIGHT?

    They’re NOT going to be at any John Bohner rallies ,,, lmao,,, yea?

  • Greg

    Atticus,

    Your response is beside the point. As best we can tell this is a cohort of global actors and their actions are unmotivated by left right policy positions… Binary analysis is a poor analytical tool… Some seem to merely enjoy the fight and others are inspired by the open information environment to exercise power in new ways. “liberals hacking liberals” doesn’t scratch the surface of the phenomenon.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    You know… mediaite could be next, they only use wordpress. I’m not really sure what CMS gawker uses, seems like a wordpress too. Mediaite you guys better get some security plugins XD

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Liberals hacking liberals!

    Yes because the 13 year old script kiddies that frequent Anonymous really give two shits about US politics…

    Goes to show how out of touch with reality the American Reich Wing really is.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    Yes because the 13 year old script kiddies that frequent Anonymous really give two shits about US politics…

    Goes to show how out of touch with reality the American Reich Wing really is.

    I’ve realize that the tea party is basically like an inner-city ghetto..

    but instead of calling people “white” when they act smart, they just call them liberal.

    … and that’s why our country is turning into a place where being smart is now a bad thing.

  • iris

    They certainly are keeping their word
    amazon UK is down and out!!

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Is there a way to tax the leaks. No leaker should be able to leak without paying their fare share of taxes to give to the poor. They need to share the wealth!

  • Just4thefax

    iris said:
    They certainly are keeping their wordamazon UK is down and out!!

    Fact: Shellys____Ghost says: OOOOOOOOooooooooooOOOOOOoooThumbsooooOOOOOOOOOoooooo

  • Just4thefax

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    Yes because the 13 year old script kiddies that frequent Anonymous really give two shits about US politics… Goes to show how out of touch with reality the American Reich Wing really is.

    Fact: Most get US politics but you only get socialism!

  • Jackyboy

    Sucks for Gawker, tons of laughs for me.

  • Atticus Draco

    Greg said:
    Atticus,

    Your response is beside the point. As best we can tell this is a cohort of global actors and their actions are unmotivated by left right policy positions… Binary analysis is a poor analytical tool… Some seem to merely enjoy the fight and others are inspired by the open information environment to exercise power in new ways. “liberals hacking liberals” doesn’t scratch the surface of the phenomenon.

    Let’s just say they’re a bunch of little “Bill Ayers” and just leave it at that!!!

  • iris

    Atticus Draco said:
    Let’s just say they’re a bunch of little “Bill Ayers” and just leave it at that!!!

    As long as they keep kicking the coruupt corporate worlds ass, who cares

  • Greg

    Atticus Draco said:
    Let’s just say they’re a bunch of little “Bill Ayers” and just leave it at that!!!

    You can say that. I imagine that is your limit in terms of locating events within context. Just understand that reality operates outside of your specific capacity for quality mental linkage.

  • Atticus Draco

    Greg said:
    Atticus Draco said:
    Let’s just say they’re a bunch of little “Bill Ayers” and just leave it at that!!!

    You can say that. I imagine that is your limit in terms of locating events within context. Just understand that reality operates outside of your specific capacity for quality mental linkage.

    Was that a yes or a no?
    in this instance,, that’s rhetorical

    That was a good shot,, c’mon now,, you know its so!
    A BUNCH OF LITTLE BILL AYERS
    LMAO!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Most get US politics but you only get socialism!

    Um we all have socialism, heard of the fire department?

  • Greg

    Atticus Draco said:
    Was that a yes or a no?
    in this instance,, that’s rhetorical

    That was a good shot,, c’mon now,, you know its so!
    A BUNCH OF LITTLE BILL AYERS
    LMAO!

    This movement is closer to Don Rumsfeld than Bill Ayers. Ayers was a miscreant who imagined a political movement advanced in the analog… Rumsfeld was a strategist determined to leverage information to advance a global power shift. Your thinking on this is severly limited.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    Social Security and Medicare are socialism too.

  • Atticus Draco

    Greg said:
    This movement is closer to Don Rumsfeld than Bill Ayers. Ayers was a miscreant who imagined a political movement advanced in the analog… Rumsfeld was a strategist determined to leverage information to advance a global power shift. Your thinking on this is severly limited.

    OH SHUT UP!!!
    LMAO
    RUMSFELD HUH?!
    Okay,,, go with that,, lol

  • cjd ohio 1

    then i guess we are all socialist right jon, damn that means obama is a socialist huh

  • Atticus Draco

    Atticus Draco said:
    Greg said:
    This movement is closer to Don Rumsfeld than Bill Ayers. Ayers was a miscreant who imagined a political movement advanced in the analog… Rumsfeld was a strategist determined to leverage information to advance a global power shift. Your thinking on this is severly limited.

    OH SHUT UP!!!
    LMAO
    RUMSFELD HUH?!
    Okay,,, go with that,, lol

    YOU KNOW,, they just might hack you for suggesting that
    LMAO!
    “HE CALLED US WHAT?!?!?”
    lol
    “RUMSFELDS!!!!”

  • Pablo

    Wait, so….Gawker lied? I’m am shocked, SHOCKED I say, to find lying going on in this establishment.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    Those that wallow in the slime of gawker deserve what they get.

  • Pablo

    Jon Martin said:
    Social Security and Medicare are socialism too.

    Yes, they are. And they’re both broke. Funny, that, ain’t it?

  • Atticus Draco

    Pablo said:
    Jon Martin said:
    Social Security and Medicare are socialism too.

    Yes, they are. And they’re both broke. Funny, that, ain’t it?

    Predictable ,, that’s for damn sure

    Government run health care,, Prediction?!?

  • Atticus Draco

    Atticus Draco said:
    Pablo said:
    Jon Martin said:
    Social Security and Medicare are socialism too.

    Yes, they are. And they’re both broke. Funny, that, ain’t it?

    Predictable ,, that’s for damn sure

    Government run health care,, Prediction?!?

    In fact,,, i think that starts off broke,, right?

  • Atticus Draco

    iris said:
    Atticus Draco said:
    Let’s just say they’re a bunch of little “Bill Ayers” and just leave it at that!!!

    As long as they keep kicking the coruupt corporate worlds ass, who cares

    See!
    That’s a Bill Ayers fan right there,,,
    NOWHERE NEAR A DON RUMSFELD FAN!

  • raincoaster

    “FLOUTING,” people, jeebus.

  • raincoaster

    lolitahaze said:
    oh and lawdy, gawker just admitted it.

    if you can’t tell a hacker’s post from a real writer’s post, you shouldn’t be using the internet. Also, Richard Lawson hurt your feelings and he’s NEVER GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU PERSONALLY. So, maybe time to call it a day?

  • Just4thefax

    Jon Martin said:
    Um we all have socialism, heard of the fire department?

    Fact: The Fire dept is just the Fire dept! You are just socialist trash!

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  • lolitahaze

    raincoaster said:

    hmm, i linked to the gawker management’s post, not the hack, so i don’t know what you are talking about.

    and now a response equal to the level of your logic, please be learning to use the quote function properly plz.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: The Fire dept is just the Fire dept! You are just socialist trash!

    What’s wrong with socialism? Many of our allies our socialist or part socialist. We are also part socialist and part capitalist. Deal with it or go to another country.

  • Just4thefax

    Jon Martin said:
    Social Security and Medicare are socialism too.

    Fact: That’s correct and both are in decline and will fail! Might want to use private industry since it’s on more solid ground for these items. Just think putting something in industry controlled by you for you! Works for me and that’s a fact. Keep throwing yours into the pit!

  • Just4thefax

    Jon Martin said:
    What’s wrong with socialism? Many of our allies our socialist or part socialist. We are also part socialist and part capitalist. Deal with it or go to another country.

    Fact: Broke allies are not much help to us since we keep having to float their boat! Aka bailout that is to big to fail!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Broke allies are not much help to us since we keep having to float their boat! Aka bailout that is to big to fail!

    Are you kidding? Communist China has been keeping us afloat for the last 2 years. XD

  • timzank

    Jon Martin said:
    What’s wrong with socialism? Many of our allies our socialist or part socialist. We are also part socialist and part capitalist. Deal with it or go to another country.

    You are really really lacking in info and common sense. What (who) do you think keeps all the socialist countries of the world afloat?

    We do ya jackwagon!

    Tissue?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    timzank said:
    You are really really lacking in info and common sense. What (who) do you think keeps all the socialist countries of the world afloat?

    We do ya jackwagon!

    Tissue?

    Tissue for what? The Republican circle jerk that goes on here? Just because you make some general statement that all socialist countries are poor and not only that, that we are giving them all money, doesn’t make it true. We are 7 trillion in debt and you’re calling other people socilalist? Maybe you shouldn’t be throwing the first stone when you probably supported the wars that put us in all that debt.

  • JulianAssange

    This is Julian Assange. Gnosis is one of my many operations under the banner of wikileaks. We of wikileaks request a sovereign nation somewhere in the middle east or we will unleash upon you a plague of epic proportions.

  • Just4thefax

    Jon Martin said:
    Are you kidding? Communist China has been keeping us afloat for the last 2 years. XD

    Fact: Correct now all the thanks goes to the Great Ozero! mmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmm Ozero.
    Hopey Changey works wonders for China but not for US! You really aren’t that sharp so not to offend the special educated people I’ll just say get your facts straight!

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: America’s best days are in front of her — if only we have the guts to face the truth and apply ourselves to repairing the foundation upon which this blessed nation was formed. The doctor (Just4thefax) is in and the diagnosis is clear: in Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder, Conservatives provides a remedy to help freedom-loving Americans effectively medicate the mental disease of modern liberalism and restore America’s former brilliance. Modern liberalism: “made in much the same way as a sausage — it’s a blend of fascist, Communist, and socialist ideologies from twentieth century Europe, with a pinch of Nazism, all ground together, yet retaining the flavor of its various parts”. So it’s clear to me and also most here that post liberals are in need of help. So go get some free on Also remember not to give in to the stupidity of the socialist of this site!.

  • Greg

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: America’s best days are in front of her — if only we have the guts to face the truth and apply ourselves to repairing the foundation upon which this blessed nation was formed. The doctor (Just4thefax) is in and the diagnosis is clear: in Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder, Conservatives provides a remedy to help freedom-loving Americans effectively medicate the mental disease of modern liberalism and restore America’s former brilliance. Modern liberalism: “made in much the same way as a sausage — it’s a blend of fascist, Communist, and socialist ideologies from twentieth century Europe, with a pinch of Nazism, all ground together, yet retaining the flavor of its various parts”. So it’s clear to me and also most here that post liberals are in need of help. So go get some free on Also remember not to give in to the stupidity of the socialist of this site!.

    Michael,

    It is clear that you are bat crap crazy. Teddy has more sense than you.

    “I choose to override my desires for men when they swell in me”, Weiner wrote, “waiting out the passions like a storm, below decks.”- Wiener, “Vital Signs”

  • ProgLib

    Taunting hackers when your own site isn’t secure, probably not wise.

  • Just4thefax

    Greg said:
    Michael, It is clear that you are bat crap crazy. Teddy has more sense than you. “I choose to override my desires for men when they swell in me”, Weiner wrote, “waiting out the passions like a storm, below decks.”- Wiener, “Vital Signs”

    Fact: huh?

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Greg said
    What’s the difference between a fag and a refrigerator?

    Refrigerators don’t fart when you put the meat in.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Greg said
    how do you know if a guy is gay?

    When you’re fucking him in the ass, reach around and see if he has a hard-on, FAG!

  • Greg

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: huh?

    You quoted Michael Weiner (Savage) I assumed consciously… Hence my reference to his oft mentioned poodle and a quote from his semi- autobiographical work of fiction “Vital Signs”. Suprised by your confusion…

  • Greg

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Greg said
    how do you know if a guy is gay?

    When you’re fucking him in the ass, reach around and see if he has a hard-on, FAG!

    Just as I suspected…

    “Both groups—non-homophobic and homophobic men—showed significant engorgement to the straight and lesbian porn and their subjective ratings of arousal matched their penile plethsymograph measure for these two types of video. However, as predicted, only the homophobic men showed a significant increase in penile circumference in response to the gay male porn: specifically, 26 percent of these homophobic men showed “moderate tumescence” (6-12 mm) to this video and 54 percent showed “definite tumescence” (more than 12 mm). (In contrast, for the non-homophobic men, these percentages were 10 and 24, respectively.) Furthermore, the homophobic men significantly underestimated their degree of sexual arousal to the gay male porn.”

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=single-angry-straight-male

  • Just4thefax

    Greg said:
    Just as I suspected… “Both groups—non-homophobic and homophobic men—showed significant engorgement to the straight and lesbian porn and their subjective ratings of arousal matched their penile plethsymograph measure for these two types of video. However, as predicted, only the homophobic men showed a significant increase in penile circumference in response to the gay male porn: specifically, 26 percent of these homophobic men showed “moderate tumescence” (6-12 mm) to this video and 54 percent showed “definite tumescence” (more than 12 mm). (In contrast, for the non-homophobic men, these percentages were 10 and 24, respectively.) Furthermore, the homophobic men significantly underestimated their degree of sexual arousal to the gay male porn.” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=single-angry-straight-male

    Fact: We feel your pain!
    We cannot let the short man syndrome outbreak continue to spread… look at what it has done to Greg the poor victim feel to confuses himself as normal but we all know he has a very simple disease that no medication can cure. Good luck and seek out help from the medical hotline and give them the code # IBAIDIOTFORLIFE. call now and get a 10% savings on your treatment. Hope that helps greg.

  • erincnyc

    This is a lot of fuss for a gossip site. Awwwww, somebody’s feewings were hurt! Just have your mama kiss your boo boo. No need to stop the flow of gossip. What happened to the 1st Amendment protections people were allegedly fighting for by taking down amazon, mastercard, and visa? If Gnosis isn’t related to 4chan, then why do they care what Gawker says about 4chan? Gawker hasn’t taken a position on wikileaks, from what I’ve seen. Gawker has merely posted stories related to the facts surrounding wikileaks as those stories have emerged.

  • benben

    Gnosis is 4 chan. They would’ve never hacked Gawker, if they weren’t apart of 4 chan/anonymous.

  • Just4thefax

    erincnyc said:
    This is a lot of fuss for a gossip site. Awwwww, somebody’s feewings were hurt! Just have your mama kiss your boo boo. No need to stop the flow of gossip. What happened to the 1st Amendment protections people were allegedly fighting for by taking down amazon, mastercard, and visa? If Gnosis isn’t related to 4chan, then why do they care what Gawker says about 4chan? Gawker hasn’t taken a position on wikileaks, from what I’ve seen. Gawker has merely posted stories related to the facts surrounding wikileaks as those stories have emerged.

    benben said:
    Gnosis is 4 chan. They would’ve never hacked Gawker, if they weren’t apart of 4 chan/anonymous.

    Fact: Other than reading about this online have you personally seen or felt any effect of this attack?

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Disinformation is intentionally false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately. It is synonymous with and sometimes called black propaganda. It may include the distribution of forged documents, manuscripts, and photographs, or spreading malicious rumors and fabricated intelligence. Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, information that is unintentionally false.In espionage or military intelligence, disinformation is the deliberate spreading of false information to mislead an enemy as to one’s position or course of action. Might have a few rumors in the fog of deception to hide the real truth of leaked matterials here. Just saying?

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  • lazzzlo

    Here’s a link to the MD5 list of the accounts that were hacked:

    http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=350662

    If you sort by domain and then the 1st 3 values of the MD5, it takes no time at all.

    There’s also a link: http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5/

    to a tool that allows you to input your e-mail address to get your corresponding MD5.

    Luckily, I’m not on there after all but that’s certainly one of the reasons why I always register with a throwaway e-mail addy; just in case!

  • bealzebubba

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Liberals hacking liberals!

    I get how one could consider one or two of the gawker media blogs as ‘liberal’ but I’m still trying to figure out what’s “liberal” about blogs that cater to gamers, gadget-freaks, sci-fi-geeks, sports fans, motorheads and the tech media world.

  • bealzebubba

    erincnyc said:
    This is a lot of fuss for a gossip site.

    The entire media group is called Gawker…so, as a result it’s not just one gossip site..it’s every web set which is part of the network. It starts to become a bigger problem when you consider all the corporate and allegedly government email addresses which might be floating on that list.

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