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better coverage: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/09/cleaning-up-after-password-dumps.html http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/09/cleanin
by magicalist 12y ago
better coverage: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/09/cleaning-up-after-password-dumps.html http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/09/cleaning-up...
(slate also has better coverage if you still need the clickbait headline[1])
[1] http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/10/gmail_password_hack_russian_bitcoin_forum_leaks_credentials_but_most_google.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/10/gmail_pas...
- dllthomas 12y agoFrom your first link, this seems worth calling out specifically: "We found that less than 2% of the username and password combinations might have worked, and our automated anti-hijacking systems would have blocked many of those login attempts. We’ve protected the affected accounts and have required those users to reset their passwords."