Attention Last fm users

GH · Post by GH » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:04 am

Just a heads up. Last fm reckon their password database base been breached and recommend users change passwords immediately.
This news isn't the freshest, but I've only just found out myself, so thought there may be a few users here who didn't know.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:26 am

Cheers. Changed mine yesterday

Ensoi · Post by **Ensoi** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:40 am

Yeah, in case mysterious hackers want to seem to have a huge taste in music to show off to other mysterious hackers!!! Life threatening!!!!

GH · Post by GH » Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:38 pm

I think the precaution is more to do with the fact that a lot of people, as misguided as it is, use the same password for everything. So if somebody gets their password for Last fm, they may also hold their password for gmail, for example.

So yeah, I'd rather know about it.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:00 pm

GH wrote:yeah, I'd rather know about it.

^^^

I, for one, thank you for raising it.

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:23 pm

GH wrote:I think the precaution is more to do with the fact that a lot of people, as misguided as it is, use the same password for everything. So if somebody gets their password for Last fm, they may also hold their password for gmail, for example.

QFT