PSA: Hackers Release 5 Million Gmail Usernames and Passwords Online. total vgchartz users: 3!

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NiKKoM on 11 September 2014

adriane23 said:
Welp, mine showed up, but it's a password that I stopped using 5-6 years ago back when I didn't know any better.

ow wow.. you showed lemonslice!

LemonSlice said:
tbh, chances that anyone's email and password are among the ones stolen is very, very slim.

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!)

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LiquorandGunFun on 11 September 2014

nothing will be done with the ass dandruff that is the "hackers"

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daredevil.shark on 11 September 2014

NiKKoM said:

daredevil.shark said:
I got a mail that my Gmail is almost full and I put my password. But I also have mobile verification. I changed my password again.

how the heck do you get 15gb full? are you mailing porn? please mail me..

Lol. Nah. That mail came from a suspicious ID and was marked as spam.

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Mr_No on 11 September 2014

Seems I'm safe. But changed the password just in case.

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Smear-Gel on 11 September 2014

And that's why I use Hotmail.

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Goddbless on 11 September 2014

Mine showed up...but that's my old password. Gonna change it again just to be safe.

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NiKKoM on 11 September 2014

impressive that actualy 2 users have been affected by this.. beating those odds..

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!)

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tiffac on 11 September 2014

Well my emails ain't there but I still changed them nonetheless, better safe than sorry.

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JazzB1987 on 11 September 2014

yeah right instead of showing the emails they want you to type in your email so they know what email is actually used by people and is not a "throw away" email.

No thanks. id rather change my password