[GRLUG] hacked

[Mike Williams]

I second the LastPass suggestion. It's really the only viable way to 
maintain complex, unguessable, and unique passwords without having some 
kind of mutant password-memorizing superbrain.

On 07/27/2011 10:46 AM, Matt Michielsen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org 
> <mailto:casey at grlug.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Guys,
>
>     My Yahoo seems to have been hacked by a spambot.
>
>     It looks to have started at 7:40 and I got the first copy from myself
>     at around 7:43.
>     From what I can see it started hitting some heavy bounce/returns about
>     that time and may have stopped or got blocked.
>     I was able to change my password by 8ish but it looks like the damage
>     had been done.
>
>     So I changed my password with twice as many numbers letters and am in
>     the process of assessing all passwords on all accounts I have.
>
>     What else can I do?
>
>     Casey DuBois
>     616-808-6942 <tel:616-808-6942>
>     casey at grlug.org <mailto:casey at grlug.org>
>
>
> I'd start by finding some password management solution (KeePass, 
> LastPass, etc). From there, generate random (and different) passwords 
> for everything and memorize a strong password to unlock them. Also 
> look into two-factor authentication for any services that support it 
> (I've been using it for my Google account for a while).
>
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