Suspicious

[unixronin]

So now cymrullewes has got the "We advise you to change your password now!" message I got the other day.  Seems like a hell of a LOT of people are getting it.

This leads me to wonder:  Is there something we should know, that LiveJournal isn't telling us...?  Did their registration database maybe get hacked, or something like that?

Comments

Re: Password Standards

[yndy.livejournal.com]

Awhile back, they stopped allowing "new account" passwords to be based on dictionary words - even if numeric equivalents were used... like, say "b1cycl3" would trip the 'choose another password' script.

BUUUUT... there wasn't any mechanism at the time iirc, to alert users already using iffy passwords.

Still, I highly doubt that unixronin and cymrullewes are the type o' folks to use easily broken passwords...

I know I don't - but then, I haven't gotten an email yet.

Re: Password Standards

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

Wasn't an e-mail. I went to make a post with LogJam yesterday and a dialog popped up saying my password is too weak.