User blog:Firegod00/WARNING

Hey guys. Fire again. No, this blog is not to warn you about my soon to be started site-wide battle or anything of that nature. Rather, I came across a bit of news I need to warn you lot about.

Today, it was discovered that 93,000 websites have been hacked, resulting in the theft of over two million passwords. I have a plea for all of you, change any password on any accounts, even if you just did yesterday. This is not me bullshitting you, I don't know the entire list, so I'm suggesting change everything.

A single server in the Netherlands was hacked, and any log-in info that got routed there (yes, even US sites route info to God-knows-where) also got sent to the hackers in question. It's pretty series, especially since many of the leaked passwords were for email accounts. And it's really simple to open a plethora of accounts with what one gleans from e-mail accounts...personal info that can be used to open credit cards or other transactions that can screw your bank account in a heartbeat.

If you'd like to read up on this, go to the CNN website. I'll update this blog as information comes to me.