000webhost hacked, millions of passwords are compromised.
The world’s most popular Free Web Hosting company 000Webhost has suffered a major data breach, exposing more than 13.5 Million of its customers' personal records. In a post on its official Facebook page, the hosting company has acknowledged the data breach and posted the following statement:The stolen data includes usernames, passwords in plain text, email addresses, IP addresses and last names of around 13.5 Million of 000Webhost's customers. According to a recent report published by Forbes, the Free Hosting service provider 000Webhost was hacked in March 2015 by an anonymous hacker. Quote:
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this is terrible!!
Thank you for sharing this ... I hadn't heard of it! |
Well its very big news over the internet, but considering most Mysidia users aint on 000webhost, its not affecting our userbase as much. Anyway, for those of you who are still on 000webhost, its a good time to consider moving away from it.
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This is why I build my own servers and host them at the colo in seattle.
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