ComicLink passwords compromised? Edit: apparently not! 1 1

[thunsicker]

21 hours ago, Badger said:

This does not, necessarily, mean that Comiclink is compromised. It means that the username password combination you use on Comiclink shows up in one of any number of databases out in world which contain compromised account information. You should change your password on Comiclink.  

Never reuse any password because once it is compromised, it is forever compromised. These databases do not go away they are just added to as new accounts are hacked. Do not just add random characters to the end or beginning of a password you know is compromised. Hackers know people do this and they run password hacking programs which will take known username/password combinations and change the leading and/or trailing characters, eg. password1, 1password, password123, password1234, etc.

Get a plugin like Lastpass and do not store your passwords in your browser because the "security" protecting them is laughingly easy to break.

Badger is 100% correct on this.  Your email/password combo was compromised somewhere else and you use the same email/password combo at Comiclink.  Nothing Comiclink did.  You can check at https://haveibeenpwned.com to see if your email turns up in a search (though they don’t show which password is associated in the databases.  And they are trying to sell you their software). But trust google here and just change your password on sites they identify.

[Gaard]

3 hours ago, thunsicker said:

Badger is 100% correct on this.  Your email/password combo was compromised somewhere else and you use the same email/password combo at Comiclink.  Nothing Comiclink did.  You can check at https://haveibeenpwned.com to see if your email turns up in a search (though they don’t show which password is associated in the databases.  And they are trying to sell you their software). But trust google here and just change your password on sites they identify.

I plugged my email into that website and got this message...

 

"Oh no — pwned!

Pwned on 1 breached site and found no pastes (subscribe to search sensitive breaches)"