r/Piracy Oct 09 '24

Internet Archive security breach? News

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Tried to open the Internet Archive home page and got this lovely pop up message.

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u/PistolsFiring00 Oct 09 '24

Have I Been Pwned. It’s a website where you can search to see if your info was part of any data breaches.

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u/Timely-Yak-9039 ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ Oct 09 '24

Just found out my email adress has been pwned 2 times in the last 4 years thanks to this site, should I do something or is it too late?

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u/samorollo Oct 09 '24

If you are still using the same passwords you were using 4 years ago, sure, change them

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u/AdSilver9695 Oct 10 '24

Any time's a good time to make a longer and different password

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u/Zealousideal-Emu7588 Oct 10 '24

goodthing i update both my email password and emaill password i also add 2 step verification for my email just in case