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| From | The World of Izz <jfwalby@gmaill.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | talk.politics.misc, alt.security, alt.politics, alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh |
| Subject | Re: Giant GMail Hack FINALLY Revealed |
| Date | 2025-10-28 17:25 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <mmcu6iFpjdqU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <LqKdnbnP4_CJi530nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <slrn10g2ae8.14toi.tommix@devnull.org> |
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Tom Mix wrote: > On 2025-10-28, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: >> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15230351/Gmail-183-MILLION-passwords-data-breach.html >> >> The incident occurred in April but has only just been disclosed >> >> Gmail users have been urged to check their accounts after it >> was revealed that more than 183 million passwords were stolen >> in a data breach. >> >> Australian cyber expert Troy Hunt, who revealed the incident, >> called it a 'vast corpus' of breached data, which totals >> 3.5 terrabytes. >> >> To put that into perspective, that's the equivalent to 875 >> full-length HD movies. >> >> According to Mr Hunt, 'all the major providers have email >> addresses in there' – so not just Gmail, but Outlook, >> Yahoo and others too. >> >> 'They're from everywhere you could imagine, but Gmail >> always features heavily,' Hunt told the Daily Mail. >> >> . . . >> >> I've been saying ... the current online-biz model >> is NO LONGER SAFE. >> >> And don't send Goog yer fingerprints either, then >> the hacks/Vlad will have THOSE too. Biometrics >> are only as secure as the database holding them >> and these days, well ...... >> >> When's the last time you actually WENT to your >> bank ? Does anyone there remember your face ? >> > > You’re not wrong to be skeptical — the “trust the cloud” model has always > relied on the hope that massive databases will stay sealed, and that’s been > proven false again and again. Centralized storage of credentials, biometrics, > and personal data is a goldmine for attackers — and the bigger the company, > the juicier the target. > > This isn’t even a “hack Google” event so much as an ecosystem failure. The > breach likely involved credential dumps from dozens of compromised sites that > people reused passwords on, which then get lumped together into these monster > datasets. It’s a reminder that *security by scale* isn’t security at all — it’s > just a bigger mess when it fails. > > And yes, biometrics are absolutely not magic. Once your fingerprint or face > data leaks, you can’t change it like a password. Combine that with how rarely > people visit a physical branch anymore, and you’ve got a system that’s > convenient but completely impersonal — and vulnerable the second the digital > façade cracks. > > The moral: use unique passwords, MFA, and assume every large provider is a > breach waiting to happen. The business model’s not broken because of bad tech > — it’s broken because convenience keeps winning over caution. > Jonathan Sylvester used his middle name with the number 1 appended every time he set his password during 2004. -- collaborate !believe protect !hunt
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Giant GMail Hack FINALLY Revealed c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-27 21:02 -0400
Re: Giant GMail Hack FINALLY Revealed Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> - 2025-10-28 20:38 +0000
Re: Giant GMail Hack FINALLY Revealed The World of Izz <jfwalby@gmaill.com> - 2025-10-28 17:25 -0500
Re: Giant GMail Hack FINALLY Revealed c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-28 21:41 -0400
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