Greg's Corner

Time to change your password again after massive spam list discovered

Cybersecurity experts have discovered a record-breaking spam operation which has compromised a number of email accounts. This spam attack, dubbed Onliner, has harvested over 700 million email addresses. A great number of these email accounts had their passwords divulged as well. Even the operator of Have I Been Pwned, whose website can tell you if your email has been exposed, had his email address listed in this latest leak.

Speaking of HIBP, it is recommended that you go to their site to see if your email has been harvested in this leak or any previous leak or hack. The only information you have to submit is your email address. HIBP is considered a trusted site in tech circles so you won’t be exposing any sensitive information to them. If your email address is on their list for the Onliner leak, change your email password immediately.

Thankfully, the only thing the email addresses seem to have been used for, was for sending spam to other email accounts. So far there have been no reports of the email accounts being used for anything nefarious like identity theft or financial chicanery.