43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
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43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
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Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#2> The number of passwords and the severity of the hack was not uncovered until today. The passwords were stored using unsalted MD5 hashing
Enough said.
> The most popular password pulled from the Last.fm database was 123456. Seriously, it’s 2016 people
Sure, but the breach was in 2012 TechCrunch. Better article: http://www.leakedsource.com/blog/lastfm
Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#3> The number of passwords and the severity of the hack was not uncovered until today. The passwords were stored using unsalted MD5 hashing Enough said. > The most popular password pulled from the Last.fm database was 123456. Seriously, it’s 2016 people Sure, but the breach was in 2012 TechCrunch. Better article: http://www.leakedsource.com/blog/lastfm
Also the bulk of the users signed before that date. [0] Last.fm is one of my favorite sites. Sad that is dying :(
0. rough heuristic: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=last.fm
Edit: If anyone wants to add me on last.fm here is my profile! http://www.last.fm/user/joer14
Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#4> The number of passwords and the severity of the hack was not uncovered until today. The passwords were stored using unsalted MD5 hashing Enough said. > The most popular password pulled from the Last.fm database was 123456. Seriously, it’s 2016 people Sure, but the breach was in 2012 TechCrunch. Better article: http://www.leakedsource.com/blog/lastfm
Also the bulk of the users signed before that date. [0] Last.fm is one of my favorite sites. Sad that is dying :( 0. rough heuristic: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=last.fm Edit: If anyone wants to add me on last.fm here is my profile! http://www.last.fm/user/joer14
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Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#5> The number of passwords and the severity of the hack was not uncovered until today. The passwords were stored using unsalted MD5 hashing Enough said. > The most popular password pulled from the Last.fm database was 123456. Seriously, it’s 2016 people Sure, but the breach was in 2012 TechCrunch. Better article: http://www.leakedsource.com/blog/lastfm
Also the bulk of the users signed before that date. [0] Last.fm is one of my favorite sites. Sad that is dying :( 0. rough heuristic: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=last.fm Edit: If anyone wants to add me on last.fm here is my profile! http://www.last.fm/user/joer14
You can get even better idea of their site growth (or lack thereof) from the above link (scroll to the bottom of the page) http://www.leakedsource.com/blog/lastfm
Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#6> The number of passwords and the severity of the hack was not uncovered until today. The passwords were stored using unsalted MD5 hashing Enough said. > The most popular password pulled from the Last.fm database was 123456. Seriously, it’s 2016 people Sure, but the breach was in 2012 TechCrunch. Better article: http://www.leakedsource.com/blog/lastfm
Also the bulk of the users signed before that date. [0] Last.fm is one of my favorite sites. Sad that is dying :( 0. rough heuristic: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=last.fm Edit: If anyone wants to add me on last.fm here is my profile! http://www.last.fm/user/joer14
Wow! They had some great growth going on and it seemed to hit a wall hard around 2008-2009. Any idea why?
Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#7> The number of passwords and the severity of the hack was not uncovered until today. The passwords were stored using unsalted MD5 hashing Enough said. > The most popular password pulled from the Last.fm database was 123456. Seriously, it’s 2016 people Sure, but the breach was in 2012 TechCrunch. Better article: http://www.leakedsource.com/blog/lastfm
Also the bulk of the users signed before that date. [0] Last.fm is one of my favorite sites. Sad that is dying :( 0. rough heuristic: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=last.fm Edit: If anyone wants to add me on last.fm here is my profile! http://www.last.fm/user/joer14
How is Last.fm one of your favorite sites after that horrible redesign that erased tons of user-generated content?
Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also the bulk of the users signed before that date. [0] Last.fm is one of my favorite sites. Sad that is dying :( 0. rough heuristic: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=last.fm Edit: If anyone wants to add me on last.fm here is my profile! http://www.last.fm/user/joer14
Wow! They had some great growth going on and it seemed to hit a wall hard around 2008-2009. Any idea why?
http://blog.last.fm/2009/03/24/lastfm-radio-announcement
"In all other countries, listening to Last.fm Radio will soon require a subscription of €3.00 per month."
Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also the bulk of the users signed before that date. [0] Last.fm is one of my favorite sites. Sad that is dying :( 0. rough heuristic: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=last.fm Edit: If anyone wants to add me on last.fm here is my profile! http://www.last.fm/user/joer14
Wow! They had some great growth going on and it seemed to hit a wall hard around 2008-2009. Any idea why?
Maybe this is due to Spotify starting to gain traction around that time? https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=2004-08-01%202012...
Re: 43M passwords hacked in Last.fm breach
#10This is practically a startup, a service that just monitors and automatically updates your passwords as they get leaked over time.