Livestream is notifying users of a possible data breach
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/23/10661502/livestream-data-breach-password-reset
Just as everyone is settling in for serious holiday streaming
marathons, Livestream is alerting customers of a possible data
breach. The streaming company notified users this week that an
unauthorized party might have accessed its account database,
Engadget reports. Names, email addresses, encrypted passwords,
dates of birth, and phone numbers might have been compromised.
The service recommends notified users change their passwords,
although there's been no indication the passwords were
decrypted. While none of this information is necessarily
catastrophic if released, it could still assist in identity
theft or phishing attempts, especially when cross-referenced
with other compromised databases. Livestream has at least
300,000 accounts actively streaming content, however it doesn't
specify how many users are affected in the breach. Livestream
did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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You didn't actually tell the truth when they asked you for your
birthday, did you? Notice how with all the brouhaha about SSL -- with
users actually being cut off from access to sites they need because the
sites aren't running crypto that's considered "good" enough by the
masters of the browsers, it's still the ENDPOINTS that are the focus of
all the big attacks and breaches that affect ordinary people, not the
communications links. Isn't that fascinating?
--Lauren--
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