You've been pwned! Re: You're one of 28,510,459 people pwned in the...


  1. Posts : 617
    windows 10 pro
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    You've been pwned! Re: You're one of 28,510,459 people pwned in the...


    >You're one of 28,510,459 people pwned in the HauteLook data breach

    I am now even wary of submitting info to the website haveibeenpwned.com yet it seems I have signed up for alerts in the past and I got one today:

    You've been pwned!

    You signed up for notifications when your account was pwned in a data breach and unfortunately, it's happened. Here's what's known about the breach:
    Email found:
    Breach: HauteLook
    Date of breach: 7 Aug 2018
    Number of accounts: 28,510,459
    Compromised data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, Names, Passwords


    My question is since that hack allegedly occurred 08/18 I have since changed my password for this particular email account sometime very late last year so if my password was obtained from that hack it is now different (and the new one can not be guessed : ) from the old one) so I am assuming that there is no need to change again, right? TIA.
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  2. Posts : 347
    Windows 10 Home Version 21H1 OS Build 19045.2130
       #2

    phaedruspress said:
    >You're one of 28,510,459 people pwned in the HauteLook data breach

    I am now even wary of submitting info to the website haveibeenpwned.com yet it seems I have signed up for alerts in the past and I got one today:

    You've been pwned!

    You signed up for notifications when your account was pwned in a data breach and unfortunately, it's happened. Here's what's known about the breach:
    Email found:
    Breach: HauteLook
    Date of breach: 7 Aug 2018
    Number of accounts: 28,510,459
    Compromised data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, Names, Passwords


    My question is since that hack allegedly occurred 08/18 I have since changed my password for this particular email account sometime very late last year so if my password was obtained from that hack it is now different (and the new one can not be guessed : ) from the old one) so I am assuming that there is no need to change again, right? TIA.
    I would think that if you changed your password after 7 Aug 2018 you shouldn't need to change it again, unless another breach has occurred since you changed it. Just my thoughts.

    Edit: What is HauteLook?
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  3. Posts : 396
    Windows 10 Pro
       #3

    If in doubt, always change the password. Better safe than sorry.
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  4. Posts : 7,254
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
       #4

    Always use two factor authentication when its available.
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  5. Posts : 617
    windows 10 pro
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Eddie Doc said:
    I would think that if you changed your password after 7 Aug 2018 you shouldn't need to change it again, unless another breach has occurred since you changed it. Just my thoughts.

    Edit: What is HauteLook?
    It is apparently associated with the US retail store Nordstrom where I indeed have an account (scroll down).

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=HauteLook&atb=v146-6__&ia=web
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  6. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #6

    Hi there

    What's pwned !!!! ?????

    (English !!!) not sure

    I'm sure in a few years standard English will split into those over 40 and those under 40 (apart from the regional differences -- USA / Austraila, India etc).

    I hate Twitter, face(farce)book , instagram etc so as I don't use those types of sites I doubt whether this type of thinh has any relevance to me at all --interesting to know just what these people are talking about.

    Another one I haven't a clue about is "Doxing" --- the only thing I can imagine was some old Catholic ritual about "Doxology" which was some sort of Hymn to Holy Ghost or whatever !!.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  7. Posts : 617
    windows 10 pro
    Thread Starter
       #7

    jimbo45 said:
    Hi there

    What's pwned !!!! ?????



    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pwned&atb=v146-6__&ia=web
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  8. Posts : 48
    Windows 10 1903
       #8

    swarfega said:
    Always use two factor authentication when its available.
    This all day.

    Pain in the butt, but it's very effective.
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