Gawker Website source, databases & passwords now on BitTorrent

Re:Gawker Website source, databases & passwords now on BitTo... by cheald on Sunday December 12, 2010 @11:47PM (#1999367)

"Unsolicited scary email from some guy that got my email from a hacker" sounds like it would only be slightly less legally dangerous than just straight up forcing hashes and posting them.

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Re:Gawker Website source, databases & passwords now on BitTo... by jacquesm on Monday December 13, 2010 @02:44AM (#1999748)

I don't know about that.

Personally if someone would mail me warning me some site that I am a member of has been compromised I would thank the guy.

Gawker probably will not see it that way, but since these email addresses are going to be spammed to death anyway I would think that's a minor issue.

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Re:Gawker Website source, databases & passwords now on BitTo... by cheald on Monday December 13, 2010 @05:21AM (#2000019)

You are likely far more savvy than the average recipient of an email on that list, too. :)

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Re:Gawker Website source, databases & passwords now on BitTo... by ra on Monday December 13, 2010 @12:24AM (#1999448)

Ha. True

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