Gawker hack triggers password resets at major sites

[Glenn]

Millions of web users are being asked to reset their passwords as concerns spread over a major hacking attack.

Yahoo, Twitter and LinkedIn have asked users to change their details, days after gossip site Gawker was hacked.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11998648

[DorsetBoy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11998648

Millions of web users are being asked to reset their passwords as concerns spread over a major hacking attack.

Yahoo, Twitter and LinkedIn have asked users to change their details, days after gossip site Gawker was hacked.

Online game World of Warcraft, which has more than 12 million subscribers, has also asked some users to reset their passwords.

Blizzard, the company behind the game, said it was an attempt to "minimise the effects" of the Gawker breach.

Although thousands of Twitter accounts were compromised after the attack, there have been few other reports of damage directly linked to the breach...... (more)

Looking at the image showing the most common passwords used is it any wonder people get into trouble on the net?  How can anyone be so dense?

[DorsetBoy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11998648

Ha, I was just posting that elsewhere Glenn ...... time to merge threads?