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Is it just me or have the number of announcements on HN about password leaks gone up in the last few weeks? I think availability bias is kicking in, with each
by confluence 14y ago
Is it just me or have the number of announcements on HN about password leaks gone up in the last few weeks?
I think availability bias is kicking in, with each additional announcement, more links about announcements are posted (for karma) or more sites feel like they can announce, under the cover of larger leaks, that they themselves have been compromised.
Probably just me.
[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic
- mistercow 14y agoIt seems to me that there have been a few more lately than usual. I'm all for it though; the only way sites are going to start treating passwords responsibly is if they're embarrassed into doing it.
- duaneb 14y agoI'm OK with that. Hash leaks are big news.
- jsprinkles 14y agoNot just the last few weeks, the last few days. I was already drawing that conclusion before this disclosure, and internally speculating that the same group or person might be responsible.
- IsTom 14y agoI haven't seen what was the weakness exploited in all these attacks -- perhaps it's a common vulnerability that was discovered by a group of bad guys.