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Subject: [Discuss] Ubuntu forums hacked; 1.82M logins, email addresses stolen
From: kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:59:30 -0400
In-reply-to: <CANaytcd3TDLv0Ds=jZNKkMb1Ki87XJsZht1KvuYE=Ku3fm+Kpg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/23/2013 11:52 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote:
> The data breach was only for Ubuntu Forums.

And so long as people didn't their forums password on other (important) 
accounts, what it the big deal?

Oh, wait, everyone *does* reuse passwords.  That is the bigger problem.

Keep a list...


-kb, the Kent mostly doesn't care about individual breaches because for 
him they are individual breaches.

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