Many of you might be familiar with Ameba Blog, a major blog host in Japan, which host many of Japanese celebrities’ blogs. For instance, the lovely Atsuko Maeda 前田敦子 whom was on my gravure feature two weeks back also has a blog on Ameba, and Shokotan’s blog is also on Ameba Blog.
Ameba Blog has revealed that the password for some 450 celebrity blogs were compromised last Friday, after a staff noticed an unauthorized image posted on the blogs of singer Miki Fujimoto and pro wrestler Jaguar Yokota.
Clicking on the image revealed a list of around 450 user IDs, passwords and some email addresses for celebrity blogs.
The password was changed immediately and the incident was reported to the police. Since the list was used only by the system administrator, and how it was stolen remains unknown.
Source: Mainichi Japan
I think it would be really terrible if someone actually managed to hack into my blog. How do you safekeep your passwords and private information? I think one of the safest way is still to tell no one about it ^^
Yup! Don’t tell anyone your password. Also, try to remember logging-out from your account when you’re using a computer in an Internet cafe. Lastly, try to use an alphanumeric password~
Biggest problem in password security in cases of various websites is usually not the weakness of a password, but a security hole in the system. For example, various WordPress versions contain security vulnerabilities, possibly exposing a site to attackers.
The trick to the safest and easiest to remember passwords? Use a passphrase, not a password.
For example, the phrase “Is that your 5th cat, or mine?” is longer than most passwords, contains a variety of characters and is easy to remember, and difficult to guess.
nothing is safe i guess. such can happen as long as there are intention of criminal
just hope for the best
I always make sure my computer is isolated every time I leave my computer. I make sure to always sign out when I’m done using something on the internet, log off my account if someone else is using my computer (they can use the guest account), and block out the other computers on my home network when I don’t need it.
I once had a friend spam photos of me on my computer through my dad’s computer from his computer.
And personally, I find using long passwords helps when you are in public, especially if you can type a 10 character password within 2 seconds after having typed it in so many times.
whoa! security upgrade needed – you’d think a major site like that couldn’t be hacked