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Check if your email is amongst those compromised in Gawker break-in

160 pointsby sathyabhatover 14 years ago

15 comments

jedsmithover 14 years ago
What is the point of including the domain tied to the address? It just decreases the anonymity of what you've hashed, and actually does a disservice. There are corporate domains in there and the namespace of what to search for becomes a lot smaller.<p>In addition, my domain is my name. I saw many others in the file that this was the case for. It's not a big leap to compute my e-mail from 'jedsmith.org', and I'm sure it isn't for those guys either. You're leaking data with this view.<p>Here's a version that is far more anonymous (and easier, I think): <a href="http://undertow.jedsmith.org/gawker/" rel="nofollow">http://undertow.jedsmith.org/gawker/</a>
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jrockwayover 14 years ago
Fuck. What the fuck did I even need a Gawker account for?<p>(Thanks for making this. I was going to download the torrent, but assumed that I did not ever visit their site, much less make an account. Wrong!)
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steveklabnikover 14 years ago
If you're on OSX, it's 'md5' and not 'md5sum.'
mjsover 14 years ago
What's the point of these tools that let you know whether Gawker's database held my email address? It's no secret that I have a Gawker account, and a Twitter account, and a Facebook account... What I would like to know is how likely it is that my <i>password</i> could be compromised. How were the passwords stored? Hashed? Salted and hashed?
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dholowiskiover 14 years ago
Thats great, thanks. I was relieved to not find my email in the list, although I could swear I've commented on gawker sites.
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ilover 14 years ago
If your email is in that list, expect it to get spammed heavily in the coming days.<p>While it's nice of random social whatever startup hint.io to warn people that their password is compromised, linking to their landing page multiple times in the email makes me think they have ulterior motives.
ja27over 14 years ago
I got a "We've detected unusual activity on your account" lockout on my Gmail account this morning. Since I can't find anything suspicious on the account I assume it's just bots hammering away, trying the Gawker password and other guesses. Anyone else get that?
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patrickgzillover 14 years ago
I have to say I am underwhelmed by the speed of browing this table.
rscottover 14 years ago
Well, that is most unfortunate.<p>A big thanks for the heads up.
eekfuhover 14 years ago
266 emails whose domain end with .gov<p>Very interesting.
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kraover 14 years ago
<a href="http://www.didigetgawkered.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.didigetgawkered.com/</a>
ABrandtover 14 years ago
For some reason every md5 from this spreadsheet I try to decrypt, I get nothing. I'm using online tools like md5decrypter.com to do this. Am I missing something?
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franzeover 14 years ago
thx, great tool, mine was part of the leak .... i commented once about a year ago .....
fellowniusmonkover 14 years ago
Thank goodness I always use mailinator for junk like that.
mahmudover 14 years ago
Warning: logging into any of the compromised Gawker accounts might result in exposure to the inane life details of a Gawker reader!