Wine HQ Password Database Compromised 124
With his first accepted submission, tyler.russell writes with a report that the WineHQ database systems were compromised. Quoting the official announcement: "We are sorry to report that recently our login database for the Wine HQ Application Database was compromised. We know that the entire contents of the login database was stolen by hackers. The password was encrypted, but with enough effort and depending on the quality of your old password, it could be cracked. We have closed the hole in our system that allowed read access to our database tables. To prevent further damage we have reset your password to what is shown below. We strongly suggest that if you shared your AppDB password on any other sites that you change that password as soon as possible.". He adds: "A new username and password were included with this email."
Oh that's secure (Score:4, Interesting)
Dropbox+KeePassX (Score:3, Interesting)
If you accept that the internet will spit out your details at some point do this;
1. Sign up to dropbox (it's free and works on all platforms - including mobiles)
2. Get a copy of Keepassx, mac/windows version might have different name, never used them.
3. Store database of keepassx on dropbox so you've always got access to it.
4. Each website gets own generated password, short passwords for things you might need to type in on phone but still random.
This way, 1 bad event like this keeps you safe. I have both on my Android as well so it's with me always. /Maq