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Stories about: Gawker

Real-World Data Analysis Reveals Very High Password Reuse Rate A security researcher who analyzed data from two recently leaked databases concluded that the rate of password reuse is higher than previously believed.Joseph Bonneau, a PhD student with the Security Group at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, analyzed user passwords stolen from Gawker and rootkit.com.T... 11 February 2011 12:47 GMT Twitter Fast-Spreading Spam Attack Linked to Gawker Compromise A spam attack promoting acai berry diets is quickly spreading on Twitter and apparently it uses hundreds of thousands of accounts hijacked following the Gawker database compromise.The flood of spam messages began today and are among the lines of "Lost 10lbs using acai berry! RT This! [link]" or "Im not gaining weight... 13 December 2010 06:16 GMT Gawker Media Websites Hit by DDoS Gawker and its sister websites suffered intermittent downtimes during the weekend and at the beginning of this week due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against its hosting server. An internal company memo reveals that the main target was The Consumerist. Gawker Media is a company that maintains seve... 5 August 2009 05:29 GMT