It’s that time again! You thought your password was safe, you thought you could rest easy with Passw0rd1 forever, but no, it’s time to initiate Pa55word2. That’s right, yet another gaming service may have been victim to a hack, and this might actually matter to you.
A report out of OverClock3D claims that Social Club accounts have been compromised with a list of 200 usernames and passwords appearing on pastebin. It hasn’t been confirmed by Rockstar, but obviously it’s always safest to just change your password, again.
Password security is such a pain. Like most people, I have a variety of passwords that I use on rotation. However, when remembering what the details are for specific things (Uplay, Steam, PSN, etc) it can get far too frustrating. I know that security is important and I don’t want these things to get hacked, but I’m so tired of changing my passwords to be more secure, and then forgetting which secure password is used where.
I read that passwords are actually less secure now that they have to be so much more complicated – people can’t remember them all so they store them in text documents on their phones or post-it notes around their offices. Remember the days when putting in a password could remind you of a childhood pet or your significant other? Now it’s just too easy to crack so you’ll only be reminded of nice things if your significant other came with a serial number.
How many passwords do you have on rotation? Do you modify the same basic one, or are they all totally unique?
Last Updated: April 17, 2015
Blood Emperor Trevor
April 17, 2015 at 19:18
i only have to remember one password, the one for my password manager.
Guest
April 17, 2015 at 21:59
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TyrannicalDuck
April 17, 2015 at 22:41
This.
Hooloovoo
April 18, 2015 at 22:59
omg.. My Account just got hacked
Change you password guys,
my account name and password has been changed, and Now I cant get in.
logged a support ticket.
Skoodog
April 19, 2015 at 23:32
I got hacked as well. Negligence of this magnitude is begging for a class action lawsuit.
Greylingad
April 20, 2015 at 08:11
You know… I read this article during the course of this weekend, thinking, my account is safe….yeah… let’s just say some turkish dude now probably sits with an account that has a few games on it and yes…it’s entirely my own fault…dammit…
Splooshypooh
April 20, 2015 at 08:53
Yep….