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The Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breach (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

I recently went through most of my accounts and randomized the username, with the thought here being to limit the likelihood of one site being compromised leading to accounts at other sites being compromised. I don't have to remember them due to using a password manager, so it's really no skin off my nose.

I'll use this as a reminder to everyone to improve your security. Some ideas:

use a password manager and use random usernames and passwords
have multiple email accounts, and don't use your "main" email w/ random signups - I use a simple mnemonic, like "-@domain.com"; so "me-shopping@domain.com" or "me-games@domain.com" so it's easy for me to remember, but unlikely for a lazy hacker to pwn other accounts (a lot of these are automated); my real email is "me@different-domain.com"
use 2FA if offered, even if it's stupid SMS or email based; having any extra step can deter an attacker

Sucks that people are targeting IA, I hope there isn't any lasting damage and that this is a simple defacement/DOS.

[–] Julien_catanese@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I recently went through most of my accounts and randomized the username, with the thought here being to limit the likelihood of one site being compromised leading to accounts at other sites being compromised. I don’t have to remember them due to using a password manager, so it’s really no skin off my nose.

I’ll use this as a reminder to everyone to improve your security. Some ideas:
use a password manager and use random usernames and passwords
have multiple email accounts, and don’t use your “main” email w/ random signups - I use a simple mnemonic, like “<user>-<purpose>@domain.com”; so “me-shopping@domain.com” or “me-games@domain.com” so it’s easy for me to remember, but unlikely for a lazy hacker to pwn other accounts (a lot of these are automated); my real email is “me@different-domain.com”
use 2FA if offered, even if it’s stupid SMS or email based; having any extra step can deter an attacker
Sucks that people are targeting IA, I hope there isn’t any lasting damage and that this is a simple defacement/DOS.

thanks for the advices ! Would you recommend a particular password manager?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I like Bitwarden, largely because it's open source and audited by a reputable third party.

[–] Julien_catanese@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

ok, thanks !

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