Data breach on this site?

[Partysox]

I just logged into here using Chrome Browser and I got a popup warning me of a data breach on SatelliteGuys and to change my password, Does anybody have any idea what that is all about?

 

[Jimbo]

I am logged in and got no message like that this morning ...

 

[FTA4PA]

Nothing like that here either.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Chrome has added an alert that lets you know if your password that you use here has been used elsewhere and stolen as part of a data breach from other sites.

Your data however has not been stolen from SatelliteGuys.

They are trying to get people to use different passwords on every site they visit.

 

[flody1]

No warning here .

 

[Radioguy41]

Doesn't it concern you that Google would know what all your passwords are in order to compare them? To me that in and of itself is a data breach hiding under the guise of security protection. As a system specialist, including system security, with more than 40 years experience I encourage people to stay away from Chrome and Chromebook but hey, it's your information.

 

[2003basiccoupe]

Nothing here

 

[harshness]

Doesn't it concern you that Google would know what all your passwords are in order to compare them?

They're using publicly available password lists to compare against.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Doesn't it concern you that Google would know what all your passwords are in order to compare them? To me that in and of itself is a data breach hiding under the guise of security protection. As a system specialist, including system security, with more than 40 years experience I encourage people to stay away from Chrome and Chromebook but hey, it's your information.

Mac Safari is doing it as well now. Not just a Google thing. And I understand it will be available on Firefox shortly.

I used the same password on a lot of non important sites that I only log into once in a great while, but my other stuff that is important such as banks, paypal, amazon etc I have a different very secure password.

 

[NYDutch]

Doesn't it concern you that Google would know what all your passwords are in order to compare them? To me that in and of itself is a data breach hiding under the guise of security protection. As a system specialist, including system security, with more than 40 years experience I encourage people to stay away from Chrome and Chromebook but hey, it's your information.

It doesn't concern me at all since Chrome gives you the option of whether to save a given password or not. The user has complete control over the passwords. And it's not unique to Chrome, Firefox has the same option...

 

[Juan]

I saw it on chrome too...but only when I log in...if I stay logged in ..it doesn't show up...

 

[Don in CT]

Use complex passwords of at least 20 characters.

 

[navychop]

Including non printing characters, items from the Greek and Klingon alphabets...

 

[navychop]

It doesn't concern me at all since Chrome gives you the option of whether to save a given password or not. The user has complete control over the passwords. And it's not unique to Chrome, Firefox has the same option...

And you BELIEVE this?

 

[Don in CT]

Easier to use a password manager.

 

[NYDutch]

And you BELIEVE this?

BELIEVE what? That Chrome doesn't save passwords unless I want it to? Yes... Chrome is built on the open source Chromium engine, and I'm quite capable of reviewing the inner workings.

 

[NYDutch]

Easier to use a password manager.

I do for important passwords. But not for mundane passwords for forums, etc, where someone hacking in can't do me any harm or learn any information that can harm me.

 

[N6BY]

If someone stole my password for this site it wouldn't really matter to me. Actually might be fun to read what the other 'me' might post.

 

[Juan]

I do for important passwords. But not for mundane passwords for forums, etc, where someone hacking in can't do me any harm or learn any information that can harm me.

Unless of course they can get the hash

 

[harshness]

Unless of course they can get the hash

Hashes are fairly useless. The don't work as passwords themselves and they're typically pretty difficult to crack if the software has any of the recommended protocols involved (especially salting).