You non-Germans don't know how mind-boggeling insane this whole story is. There is a governmental agency, the BSI, whose job is to be on top of everything regarding security in information systems.<p>They tell us that millions of email accounts are compromised.<p>What they don't tell us is _which_ accounts are compromised or even what service provider these accounts are with. Maybe the key information here is that the info was leaked in a database hack at a big consumer software company.<p>Who knows?<p>Nobody! That's who. Because they refuse to give any details that would actually be useful to end-users. Now _everybody_ who has an email account is scared that their account is compromised.<p>Do you know what the punchline here is?<p>They said they would give more details, but not before Monday. It might not be obvious to non-Germans, but this little detail reeks of a kind of bureaucratic weirdness that is as German as Beer: I bet they will only release more info on Monday because the person in charge doesen't come into the office before Monday.<p>Sorry if this was a bit ranty, but the whole thing is just so stupid.
I wonder why internet companies don’t have contingency plans in place for data theft. I would be glad to be able to check whether my account is affected and to receive an email with instructions immediately. Instead it’s always a big surprise and it takes weeks until details are published…
Sorry, I meant to submit the new data theft in Germany which happens only 3 months after the one posted:<p><a href="http://www.dw.de/german-officials-confirm-18-million-emails-and-passwords-stolen/a-17542815" rel="nofollow">http://www.dw.de/german-officials-confirm-18-million-emails-...</a>