[conspire] (forw) Reddit account credentials from 2007 compromised

[Rick Moen]

Well, _that_ isn't going to be a problem.  (Josh Neal is that friend and
colleague of mine who died about a decade ago.  His former domain,
unixmercenary.net, now maps to my server, and I still monitor e-mail to
his mailbox just in case anyone still doesn't know about his shocking
demise, and is trying to contact him.)

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Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 08:00:05 +1000
From: Reddit Security <noreply at redditnewsletters.com>
To: "josh at unixmercenary.net" <josh at unixmercenary.net>
Subject: Reddit account credentials from 2007 compromised
Reply-To: noreply at redditnewsletters.com
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Hi,

TL;DR: As part of the security incident  described here [https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/93qnm5/we_had_a_security_incident_heres_what_you_need_to/], we’ve determined that your Reddit account credentials from 2007 may have been compromised. You’ll need to reset your password soon to continue using Reddit. Details below.

* * * * *

On June 19, Reddit was alerted about a security incident during which an attacker gained access to account credentials from 2007 (usernames + salted password hashes). We’re messaging you because your Reddit account credentials were among the data that was accessed.

If there’s a chance the credentials relate to your current password, we’ll prompt you to reset the password on your Reddit account. Also, think about whether you still use the password you used on Reddit 11 years ago on any other sites today.

You can find more information about the incident in the announcement post linked above. If you have other questions not answered there, feel free to contact us at  [contact at reddit.com].

Sincerely,

Reddit Security

You may click here https://security.cmail19.com/t/[snip]/ to unsubscribe from this email list if you want, but we don't intend to use the list again.

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