Boom!!!!!Notorious LulzSec strikes again.This time the 26,000 users of an porn website were in danger.The hackers compromised the database of the hardcore website (called "Pron"), exposing not only the email addresses and passwords of over 25,000 members but also the credentials of 55 administrators of other adult websites.
LulzSec drew particular attention to various government and military email addresses (.mil and .gov) that appeared to have accounts with the porn website..
To add insult to injury, the LulzSec group called on its many recent Twitter followers to exploit the situation, by logging into Facebook with the email/password combinations and tell the victim's Facebook friends and family about their porn habit.
It should go without saying that logging into someone else's account without their permission is against the law in most countries around the world.
My dear internet users you learned a lesson ?
importance of using different passwords for different websites,This story made you learned i think.The danger is that once one password has been compromised, it's only a matter of time before the fraudsters will be able to gain access to your other accounts and steal information for financial gain or, in this case, embarrassment.
If you believe there might be a chance that your username/password were/being exposed, or if you're simply in the habit of using the same password for multiple websites -My dear readers it is your time to change your habit :)
Problems understanding how to keep good or uncrackable or unguessable passwords ? please let me know i can help you or google it ;)
References
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