A group of hackers in Russia has stolen over 1.2 billion passwords from major US companies. Because of this there were also scams that seems to come from these companies, but really came from the hackers.

The group of hackers can take your passwords from big websites like Facebook and Tumblr, and small websites like Stickpage Forums and several others.

However keep in mind that your data may not have been stolen directly from you, but from the websites and companies that you may entrust the most.

Although it's unlikely, this may affect Stickpage Forums in a way as well, so while you still have access to your account, change you passwords now!

More detail can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/russian-hackers-stole-1-2-billion-passwords-report-230218627.html

And no I am not a bot, just to let you know. :P

The Wall Street Journal later revealed that Hold Security intended to offer website owners the ability to check whether they had been affected, but only if they paid a fee.

The firm initially posted a message on its site saying it would charge $120 (£71) a month for the "breach notification service", however the details have since been replaced with a message saying "coming soon!".

One computer security expert said he was surprised by this approach.

"This situation is quite unusual in that the company has decided to charge for this information," Dr Steven Murdoch from University College London's computer science department told the BBC.

"Usually they would do an initial disclosure [of who had been affected] for free and then offer their services for a fee at a later stage.

"The company rightly points out that there is going to be a huge amount of work to securely contact all the affected websites, but a common solution to this is to partner with a government or industry-funded organisation to help with that."

Despite the large amount of credentials said to have been compromised, Dr Murdoch added that it would be premature to advise the public to reset all their passwords.

"Although there's a large amount of passwords involved, a lot of them could be irrelevant and many of the websites tiny," he said.

"It's not necessarily the case that a large proportion of internet users have been affected. Until we get more statistics we won't know that.

"So, there's no reason to panic now, but perhaps it's a good reminder to follow best practice of not using the same password on multiple websites, because this will not be the last time such a breach happens."

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28654613

What troubles me is that can't one find out one's new password if they have their username?

Good thing I don't use facebook and tumblr then.

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What troubles me is that can't one find out one's new password if they have their username?

no?

What do you mean? Yes they can. I just went to check and facebook requested my username for... oh wait... that would send it to my email address... foolish me.

Your username is Aquila. If that information was enough to give me your password it wouldn't be publicly displayed over every post you make.

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Your username is Aquila. If that information was enough to give me your password it wouldn't be publicly displayed over every post you make.

His password is probably his username, which is why he thought that.

Well...If the hacker is from Nasa he could hack the site/forum go to the database and check your mac adress only by knowing your username, then he will use a satellite and fire a beam to your house, you will eventually be burnt to ashes and blown by the wind for eternity.

who doesnt want to be blown by the wind and fly forever, count me in

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And no I am not a bot, just to let you know. :P

oh, good! I was worried for a sec there buddy. I mean, if you say you aren't you obviously aren't :)

i think bbc beats yahoonews anyday

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oh, good! I was worried for a sec there buddy. I mean, if you say you aren't you obviously aren't :)

So you're more concerned about me possibly being a bot rather than about the possibility of your password getting stolen? ._.

naaaah lol jk jk