WinWorld Password leak?

RetroMacUser1999

My iPad just recently said WinWorld had a data breach/leak... anyone else encountered this yet?

Looks like I’ll have to change my password.

Would be wise for everyone else to do the same.

nick99nack

It means your password has been part of a data breach at some point, not that WinWorld itself has had a data breach. My password has not been flagged as such.

BlueSun

The best thing to do is use a password manager and generate random, unique passwords for every site. Never use the same password twice.

RetroMacUser1999

Updated password to one suggested by Firefox. I wonder when said breach occurred as its been a while since I joined the site as a member....

SomeGuy

I'm not aware of any "breach". It's not a bad idea to change passwords once in a while, and don't use the same password here as on other sites. Just common sense.

I'd actually be more worried that such a notification might be a phishing attempt.

"Updated password to one suggested by Firefox" Suggested by Firefox? Does it actually do that now? I would not trust that.

Unless you use the same password elsewhere, the worst that can happen is someone posting crap as you. Since anyone can sign up and post crap, I don't see why anyone would bother.

Skroob: "And change the combination on my luggage!"

BlueSun

Firefox and chrome both do that. It's kind of nice and I hope it encourages users to use those stronger passwords.
The downside is that it usually saves the password in the browser, which is probably not great. If I recall correctly, there have been exploits for that, and you can usually pull the passwords if you have local access... Still, it's better than nothing.

RetroMacUser1999

Ah looks like I’m not the only one who has watched Spaceballs

Anyhow issue is now resolved.