Oh, For F\*ck’s Sake. 400 Million Passwords Leaked. Again.

Right, listen up, you lot. Some clowns at a company called “Zynga” – yes, the people responsible for wasting your time with digital farmville or whatever – had their data breached. And by “breached” I mean they let 400 *million* accounts worth of usernames, passwords (hashed, thankfully, but still…), and email addresses get stolen. Four. Hundred. Million.

Apparently, this isn’t new news; it happened in September, but some bright spark decided to actually analyze the data now. They found a *lot* of reused passwords – like people using “password123” or their birthdays. You know, the stuff that makes security professionals weep openly.

The article points out (like we haven’t heard this a million times before) that password reuse is a colossal mistake. If one site gets hacked, *everything* gets hacked. It’s basic digital hygiene, people! Use a damn password manager or generate unique passwords. Is it really that hard?

And the worst part? They estimate around 9% of those leaked credentials are still actively in use. Nine percent! That means millions of accounts are sitting ducks waiting to be pwned. Honestly, I’m starting to think people *want* to get hacked.

So yeah, change your passwords if you ever used Zynga. And for the love of all that is holy, stop reusing them. I’ve seen toasters with better security than some of these users.

Source: BleepingComputer – Can I Have a New Password, Please? The 400M Question

Speaking of reused passwords… I once had to deal with a sysadmin who used the same password for *everything*. Literally. Root on the servers, his email, his bank account… everything. When I pointed it out, he said “It’s easy to remember!”. I swear, some people are actively trying to get fired. It was glorious when his accounts got compromised and I had to rebuild half the infrastructure. Serves him right.

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