[Kahuna32162]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/te...ials.html?_r=0

According to the New York Times, a Russian gang has stolen as many as 1.2 Billion username and password combinations and up to 500 Million email addresses from Internet databases.

[DeanFL]

nothing is safe anymore. Last month I changed all my passwords - thought I'd be wicked smart to make them all in Russian:

Путин ис греат леадер (Putin is great leader)

Now, with this news - might be good idea to change again...
sure won't be in Chinese either.

[MarkinMd]

Now someone from NSA will be visiting you,lol.

[MarkinMd]

Now you've done it, not only are you going to have NSA visiting you but also the IRS,lol.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

nothing is safe anymore. Last month I changed all my passwords - thought I'd be wicked smart to make them all in Russian:

Путин ис греат леадер (Putin is great leader)

Now, with this news - might be good idea to change again...
sure won't be in Chinese either.

If you really want to get their goat.........change to Ukrainian:

Here is Ukrainian language......with English translation

Я візьму велику цукерку, а ти - маленьку.

I'll get the big candy and you'll get the small one


"Soundex" ....phonetically....
I would like a cup of tea, please.

Ya khochu chashku chayu, proshu.

Where is the bathroom?

De laznychka?


This is my luggage

Tse mij bagazh.

I would like to buy the white tennis shoes.

Ya khochu kupyty bili snikeri.

[r_pakker]

I am just a visitor from abroad .. I am not allowed to post links here. So i have to describe. I have added to my browser an addin that warns me if a site is not safe. (this talkofthevillages has mended the vulnerability and is safe.)

In general just change the passwords at sites where you have to login with your e-mail-address as username.

Other could be compromised too; you should check wether your username-password combination was hacked,

there are some sites that have that information for you that.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Kahuna32162

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/te...ials.html?_r=0
According to the New York Times, a Russian gang has stolen as many as 1.2 Billion username and password combinations and up to 500 Million email addresses from Internet databases.

Thanks for the link. It's scary stuff.
When my Pay Pal account was hacked, their Security Department told me that no internet site was truly safe.
They told me that I must all change my passwords monthly, USING A DIFFERENT PASSWORD FOR EVERY ACCOUNT.
Obviously changing and keeping track of passwords has turned into a major organizational nightmare, but a necessary one!

[Susan G]

Originally Posted by Kahuna32162

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/te...ials.html?_r=0

According to the New York Times, a Russian gang has stolen as many as 1.2 Billion username and password combinations and up to 500 Million email addresses from Internet databases.

I was one of the unlucky ones that has their email hijacked. Every time I turned on my laptop to pull mail THOUSANDS of attempted emails that were rejected would flood my inbox and junk mail.
I had to have it blocked at the server back in Louisiana till we could figure it out - 64,000 msgs in inbox and another 50,000+ in junk folder. Finally working again and password is long and complicated, but apparently this is what we must do these days.