KidM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 2 months ago17,000,000 GrubHub passwords and other data exposed, hackers claimcybernews.commessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
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minus-square@starshipwinepineapple@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoEven if it was github, they have mandatory 2fa now which would help. Still some risks for people who reuse passwords on other services or if their 2fa got compromised (sim swaps), etc but wouldn’t be full blown catastrophic
minus-square@ryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI thought the point of salting was that the reuse doesn’t matter as much?
minus-squareVeryFrugallinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoThere’s always a chance you get phished and your password as a plaintext gets compromised. Using a same password makes it extra damaging.
Even if it was github, they have mandatory 2fa now which would help. Still some risks for people who reuse passwords on other services or if their 2fa got compromised (sim swaps), etc but wouldn’t be full blown catastrophic
I thought the point of salting was that the reuse doesn’t matter as much?
There’s always a chance you get phished and your password as a plaintext gets compromised. Using a same password makes it extra damaging.