Recently Gawker was hacked, compromising 1.5 million usernames and passwords on sites like Gizmodo, io9, and Kotaku. A group of hackers called Gnosis claimed credit and published the passwords of site staff members and shared parts of Gawker’s custom CMS.
“Our user databases do indeed appear to have been compromised. The passwords were encrypted. But simple ones may be vulnerable to a brute-force attack. You should change the password on Gawker (GED/commenting system) and on any other sites on which you’ve used the same passwords. Out of an abundance of caution, you should also change your company email password and any passwords that may have appeared in your email messages,” said Gawker in a statement. “We’re deeply embarrassed by this breach. We should not be in the position of relying on the goodwill of the hackers who identified the weakness in our systems. And, yes, the irony is not lost on us.”
Source: Mediate
