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BoL

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WebHostingTalk Hacked
« on: July 09, 2016, 11:33:48 AM »
Their database for sale, I don't think they've announced this anywhere yet.

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1584028&p=9726227#post9726227

Since we're all experienced here I'm sure we'd have used different passwords there if signed up already ;)

From the offer:
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On TheRealDeal website, a vendor with a solid reputation is offering the Mac-Forums database for ~$775.00, which includes 291,214 accounts.

The Hot Scripts database, with more than a million users, is currently going for ~$1,900.00.

The Web Hosting Talk database, with 498,321 users, is also available for ~$1,900.00.
« Last Edit: July 09, 2016, 11:35:30 AM by BoL »

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Re: WebHostingTalk Hacked
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2016, 11:51:59 AM »
> Hot Scripts database, with more than a million users, is currently going for ~$1,900

Well, I wonder if I've changed my generic pwd used on Hot Scripts 10 yrs ago. Probably not.

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Re: WebHostingTalk Hacked
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2016, 10:22:31 AM »
Just had that same thought.
With my hots riots login someone could probably access a host of sites that I haven't in a long time.  Not sure how concerning that is

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Re: WebHostingTalk Hacked
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2016, 01:01:10 AM »
Thanks for the heads up. I never post there, but had an account. Fortunately it was one of my super long random ones. I updated to an even longer one.

They're running an older version of vBulletin. That seems to be on the list of targets these days.