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The most interesting thing about this to me is that they're obviously only emailing people who's emails were in the gawker data. Eg: I didn't receive one of the
by thenduks 16y ago
The most interesting thing about this to me is that they're obviously only emailing people who's emails were in the gawker data. Eg: I didn't receive one of these because I don't have a gawker account. Very cool.
- sbhat7 16y agoThis would also mean they downloaded the copy of gawker's hacked database, which is probably why they didn't provide more details.
- thenduks 16y agoDefinitely a possibility. There are some alternatives now though, like the list[1] of MD5'd emails that has been circulating that you can use to check against. That's how I confirmed that I wasn't in there, personally. [1]: http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=350662 http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=350662
- tzs 16y agoI apparently have a gawker account, because I received an email from gawker telling me about the breach. This surprised me because I did not remember ever making a gawker account, and I have no entries for any gawker site in 1Password as far as I can see. Checking the supposedly full database that the hackers released, the email address gawker mailed to is not there (nor are any other email addresses of mine). I have not received an email from LinkedIn (yet), but when I attempted to log in to it a few minutes ago, it failed and told me there was a problem with my account. I just tried again and this time it takes me to a page that says they have been notified there is a problem with my account and they are fixing it and I'll be taken to my home page in a few minutes. Net result: I am now very confused.