Monday, January 14, 2019

Lookout Breach Report/Update Reddit Password

I received this in my email this morning.

Lookout Breach Report   Reddit Suggests Updating Passwords After Suspicious Activity

The social media site, Reddit, notified some users about suspicious activity regarding their account. Reddit locked down select accounts earlier this week after the site received many unauthorized requests for new passwords. Reddit said in the announcement, “The most common explanation for this is the use of very simple passwords or the reuse of credentials across multiple websites or services." Security officials are currently looking into the issue and Reddit said locked accounts will be unlocked and restored.

Read More  https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/aea649/recently_locked_out_of_your_account_help_is_on/

Next Steps: Potentially affected customers should be on the lookout for a statement from Reddit with more information about the data breach, Potentially affected users should change their password and ensure the same password isn't used repeatedly on other sites.Br

Breach occured on Early January, 2019



Submitted January 14, 2019 at 10:14PM by SoberingReality http://bit.ly/2CnEeiT via TikTokTikk

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