WTF, got logged out between GD threads, message said my pass was involved in "data leak"

[denbot]

Are we being attacked again.
I am uneasy with changing my password as it could have tried to direct me to a spoofed DU.

Admins please advis!

DU’ers please rec to get Elads attention!

[soothsayer]

1. K&R

[qanda]

3. My account hasn't been the same since the last PE

I have my password saved in Chrome but if I try to log in anywhere else, I can't. I have even tried to reset my password and haven't been able to. It's pretty disappointing. I love DU and knew that something was amiss when it got hacked during election day in 2016.

[obamanut2012]

14. Email EralG and ask to change your password

I did that with Skinner after the 2016 attack, because like you, I couldn't remember my password.

[qanda]

18. I did that. It was a while ago, though.

Maybe I'll try again before next week. I don't want to get locked out on election night.

[MontanaMama]

4. Contact EarlG pronto.

did you screen shot what happened? Ugh. the 2016 hack was horrible. I still have some PTSD from the whole thing.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. i was on du when it happend . ugh.

[MontanaMama]

16. I was too.

What a nightmare...between the hack and the election results it felt like the end of the world...it really did. I believe we will have a better outcome this time with the election and our beloved DU.

[barbtries]

17. me too.

all alone in a hotel in Philly, going apeshit.

the amount of work i got done the next day was very little, i was so distraught. i went to Starbucks and spontaneously began to cry and apologized to all the young people within earshot for what my generation did to them. they gave me my lattes for free lol

what a nightmare.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. If you need to contact the admins, either PM EarlG or use Ask the Administrators

[TwilightZone]

6. It's a feature in Chrome.

https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/23534509?hl=en

It relates to prior data leaks, not current ones. It means that your username and password combination were used in a data leak on some website at some point. It does not mean that your current login is compromised.

It would be a good idea to change your password, however.

It was recently added to mobile versions of Chrome. More info:

https://www.cnet.com/news/chrome-now-can-find-hacked-passwords-on-android-and-iphones/

[Mike 03]

7. Thanks! Good info

[EarlG]

8. This is not DU

As pointed out upthread, this Chrome feature tells you if a particular username/email/password combination you are using was involved in a data breach anywhere on the Internet. From the link above:

Username/email and password combination
Firstly, it does not matter on which website you see this new warning. The new message is a warning about the username/email and password combination that you just entered. That combination has been compromised in a breach of a website/app. What that actually means is you need to change your password on all websites/apps where you are using the same username/email and password combination.

DU’s database was not breached during the 2016 hack.

But yes as advised you should change your password.

[sl8]

9. How many RECs do you need to get Elad's attention?

[ornotna]

11. Three

[sl8]

15. LOL.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. one of my few recs of a thread.

[TwilightZone]

13. It's already been addressed.

https://democraticunderground.com/100214373003#post8

[tiptonic]

19. Waiting

Sorry to say, I have been waiting for something like this, to happen again. I've already had a couple of squirrely things pop up.

[George II]

20. Alert your own post and explain what happened.

[denbot]

21. OK got info from Elad, and sorry I panicked.

Though I can’t seem to change my DU LOG IN. I am a trucker under load and won’t be able to focus on this till I get to my drop 500 mile away.

My wife is at home changing my banking info, and other more critical sites to all new stuff while I roll.

Again sorry for the chicken little post.