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Friendster hacked?
Friendster hacked?
02-06-2011 11:39 AM
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Found that site after receiving a spam email yesterday containing a password that I commonly use!

Bob Pullen
Plusnet Products Team
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02-06-2011 4:03 PM
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02-06-2011 4:46 PM
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Lessons:
a) Don't use the same password for important sites as unimportant.
b) Be wary of what data you put into a system/site.
c) Trust no one.
I guess Bob might now see why people like me have been questioning of PN's own storage/access of details (Eg. the whole "why do the CS people need to ask me my password" debate).
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03-06-2011 10:32 AM
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Quote from: phil4 a) Don't use the same password for important sites as unimportant.
Which I don't thankfully, but I'll admit to using the Friendster password for a lot of eCommerce sites etc. that may/may not store my payment information depending on who they are. I've been compiling a list of passwords I need to change and it's becoming pretty lengthy!
Storing passwords in plain text is a far cry from our support agents having access to your Plusnet credentials (which are fully encrypted and stored in a database that resides on a fully PCI-compliant network).
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03-06-2011 12:54 PM
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If so, then that is wrong and should be stopped.
You should only ask for certain characters (similar to online banking logins, my mobile phone provider when I ring them up). That can still be validated against the customer and removes the need for the password to be transmitted "in the clear".
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03-06-2011 1:05 PM
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03-06-2011 1:53 PM
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03-06-2011 1:58 PM
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Quote from: geofftswin Bob - is it the full password that is requested when customers ring up?
No, it will typically be two characters as others have alluded to.
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03-06-2011 2:30 PM
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03-06-2011 5:24 PM
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04-06-2011 11:28 AM
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Quote from: Bob I've been compiling a list of passwords I need to change and it's becoming pretty lengthy!
I've been using http://keepass.info/ for some time now and use it to generate passwords. I don't even try to use passwords I can remember for anything except those I have to key regularly (e.g. Windows password for unlocking the work PC when the screen saver has kicked in).
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05-06-2011 6:24 PM
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Quote from: geofftswin Bob - is it the full password that is requested when customers ring up?
No, it will typically be two characters as others have alluded to.
As mentioned, a couple of times now I've been asked for the full password.
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