misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breachwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1827arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1826arrow-down1external-linkThe Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breachwww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square86fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoYup. If you use the same email everywhere, they can try brute-forcing the password by using the email instead of your username. Give them less to go on. $1/month is absolutely worth it to prevent an important account from getting hacked.
Yup.
If you use the same email everywhere, they can try brute-forcing the password by using the email instead of your username. Give them less to go on. $1/month is absolutely worth it to prevent an important account from getting hacked.