It might be time to change some of your passwords — again. But if you've used a Gmail password that's unique from other accounts, you might not have to worry.
A list of almost 5 million combinations of Gmail addresses and passwords was posted online on Tuesday. But the passwords seem to be old, and they don't appear to actually belong to Gmail accounts. Instead, it seems that many of the passwords were taken from websites where users used their Gmail addresses to register, according to some of the leak's victims as well as security experts.
But the passwords seem to be old, and they don't appear to actually belong to Gmail accounts. Instead, it seems that many of the passwords were taken from websites where users used their Gmail addresses to register
**** sake. These situations are getting out of hand, even if it's old data.
I doubt this has affected me, but there's probably loads of people at risk cause people don't change their passwords often and use the same ones across multiple services.
**** sake. These situations are getting out of hand, even if it's old data.
I doubt this has affected me, but there's probably loads of people at risk cause people don't change their passwords often and use the same ones across multiple services.
EDIT: Nope. I'm not affected by it.
Yeah, I was freaking out, but checked to see if my email was a part of it and thankfully it wasn't. The passwords are apparently 3 years old anyways, so I wouldn't be using the same password now, but still.
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Originally posted by zach
Yeah, I was freaking out, but checked to see if my email was a part of it and thankfully it wasn't. The passwords are apparently 3 years old anyways, so I wouldn't be using the same password now, but still.
Yea, it sucks that people dedicate their time to stealing such info. I wish people would get better hobbies, tbh.
These situations are getting out of hand, even if it's old data. 
The passwords are apparently 3 years old anyways, so I wouldn't be using the same password now, but still.
Leave us alone! 
