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As a note, a user named <TD> has join #bitcoin-dev purporting to be from Google. They are restricting access to compromised accounts and sending out texts to ch
by drivebyacct2 15y ago
As a note, a user named <TD> has join #bitcoin-dev purporting to be from Google. They are restricting access to compromised accounts and sending out texts to change passwords. They stared with plaintext-passworded users but it appears it will include everyone. I don't know the legitimacy of these claims, but based on some of the comments here and in #bitcoin, it appears to be quite legitimate.
- saalweachter 15y agoThis might be a good time to remind everyone to sign up for two-factor authentication with GMail. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/advanced-sign-in-security-for-your.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/advanced-sign-in-secu...
- andypants 15y agoI can't login to my gmail account now... damnit! Can anybody help? I filled out one of google's forms but I'm afraid it'll just be bot-processed :[ Edit: Here's what happened: I got reports that my gmail account had suspicious activity so I had to reset my password. Unfortunately I already had a different password, and when I reset it, I changed it to the one that was hacked (I didn't know it was hacked yet). So google, trying to be awesome, made me change my password, and now I can't get into my account... I'm kicking myself so hard right now. My gmail account's got six years of my life in it... whoever's got it has every tiny detail about me... and it's terrifying.
- ltamake 15y agoFacebook might step in, too. They did for the LulzSec leaks.
- palish 15y agoI just changed the password to my gmail account. If my gmail account is suddenly restricted, I will be one unhappy bitcoin'er.
- theatrus2 15y agoI didn't actually use Mtgox (just was registered), and received a lock-out and reset message from Google. Good thing that password was unique and not shared with other accounts.
- Jasber 15y agoI just got this notice. Glad to see Google being proactive here. I was a little worried when my application-specific passwords stopped working--but relieved when I saw it was Google.
- brokentone 15y agoI agree it is nice they are being proactive, however it would have been nice if they gave a little more detail to clarify this was merely proactive, not specific odd activity.
- diego 15y agoI can confirm this. My email is in the leaked db. Both my mtgox and gmail passwords are unique, hard to guess by a dictionary attack and not shared with anything else. I received Google's message to change my password. As an aside, seeing the public text file containing 60k mtgox accounts is strange. Without looking too hard I found a couple of people I know in there.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoFortunately, being only a few days old, my password was salted but it's still unsettling to see my email address and username (my fullname) in there.
- ahi 15y agoSame here. My email is my name, so they got my name, email, and username. Fortunately, it's a relatively new username I haven't used much.