Not good. Not good at all. 

Changed my password. Good lookin' out Doc. 

Thanks for the warning Doc !

Why are there so many bastards in the world intent on causing harm, ripping people off?  Seems to me that the internet is getting less user friendly by the minute.

A few trial-less 'blunt knife' castrations might act as a hacker deterrent.... and if they're women, cut off a couple of 'somethings' they'd rather not lose.

Perhaps for more severe cases, a few drawn out and painful executions is the way to go.

Put bluntly, the world has gone way too soft on crime.

And another for good measure.

Because there are people lacking in compassion for whom the ends justify the means.

Because there are those who would rather steal than work, no matter whom they harm while doing it.

I'll add my thanks to you, Dr.

These hackers are the type who need to be exposed with all the capabilities that exist.

Yeah, I know, but it's not just the lazy bastards who'd rather steal than earn a crust, it's also those who hack primarily to cause harm, pain and frustration.  The cash 'reward' at the end actually disinterests them.  No, their 'reward' is derived more from the damage done, and those are the worst kind of hacker.  Not that I condone it, but stealing does have a point, in that there is an actual gain, but the senseless hacking that causes nothing but harm is beyond understanding.  No person in their right mind would do it, so one can only conclude that those who do it are bitter and twisted individuals with sick minds.... if you could call what's between their ears a mind.

Now I'm not normally an advocate of violence, but the world has become far too soft in criminals and something needs to be done, and I'm sick to the back teeth with true crime being inadequately dealt with while petty misdemeanors are more harshly punished.

The last time this happened, it was an old set of user/passwords, I'm curious as to whether this too is some mysterious old list that for some reason exists in the first place...

Thanks for heads up Doc. 

Might explain the recent rash of Locky-bearing emails on my gmail account.

Thanks for the heads up, Doc.

I know I know.....I'm just the doomsayer but when information like this is finally made public it is unfortunately very late in the "information theft" game.  Of course passwords should be changed etc. but in my opinion one should always perform actions connected to the internet assuming that one's information (ie. accounts and all relevant information) are likely never private in the first place.

In what I do (dealing with corporate network/systems infrastructure) it has become painfully obvious that the term 'security' too often means 'locking the barn door AFTER the horse has escaped' and/or refers to Band-Aid fixes to issues that really have no solution in the first place.  The home user?  Is even more fucked....  Why do I say that?   When one of the nation's premier ISP's has (just as a small example) their DNS servers poisoned/hacked several times a year sometimes for longer periods of time (these are the servers that most users rely on to send/point their internet requests to the correct places) my faith in an even relatively safe internet landscape is non-existent.

 I wish I felt less pessimistic about the 'internet landscape' but my experience has taught me.......if you do anything (and I mean anything) on the internet at all.....understand that someone somewhere is doing it with you.  Internet security is a sick joke.....

Having said all that......thanks again Doc for always looking out for this community.  The world needs more of you! 

Monk, you're right...the fact these leaks/hacks, etc. aren't revealed immediately is criminal, or would be if there were laws governing it. G*d forbid they ever do that: It might actually help prevent widespread damage.

Like the security weak spots in browsers, etc. "We'll give you a month before we make it public." ...and screw the people whose identities, etc. are stolen in the meantime. 

Don't get me started. Grrrr.

C, mon, Doc, you're already in 1st gear and rearing to go... so yeah, tell us how you really feel.

I second, all in favor say "aye." 

Aye!!  .... And i n triplicate, Aye, Aye, Aye.