So if I have no real personal information and do very little on any of these places would I really care?

Not being smart just asking a question as they don't have any of my personal information except for my name. When Adobe was hacked I did cancel my credit card and got a new one. In fact my credit card company knew about it and when I called they suggested it.

I am a LinkedIn member only, the rest of them are garbage sites for children and I don't belong to them. Not worried about it here.

EDIT: Clarified below in Reply #13, please don't take this personally. Sorry.

Oh crap. Now everyone knows my password is *********

(It was ********** but I shortened it to make it easier to remember.)

If you use sites like Gmail or Facebook, you really should have 2-step authentication enabled.

If anything comes up regarding how they think it was primarily distributed, I'm curious.

The next to the last sentence of the linked article also interests me - "We should note that it appears that most malware packages do protect against the malware."  It makes me wonder how it became so widespread, doesn't appear to be a particularly tricky one.

I think people are missing the fact that Facebook, Twitter, etc., weren't the source of the infection, so whether or not a person uses those sites isn't relevant. The article just mentions those specifically for some reason.  It's a keylogger residing on people's machines logging whatever they log into.

AGREED!

Well, lets just say Po that I guess I should have clarified that. It's just that all I ever see with kids nowadays is them typing away on Facebook or other social sites and not doing anything constructive with their lives, even at the age of 18+. Social sites have totally taken away personal human interaction it seems, no one actually talks to anybody, they just type away.

Like my kids for the most part, rather than call me and ask me a question, they just text, and I find that rude and tell them so. It just seems to me that our society is getting sicker and sicker by the day, and social sites are just one of the contributors. I personally just don't find social sites to be useful in society at all, but that's just my opinion. Kids are even killing themselves after being ranted at on social sites... bullying, and it's sick.

If it is being used for business purposes, I suppose its OK though.

Sorry for any confusion.

Philly:

1. Run a scan with reliable, updated software.

2. Run a scan or two from online scanners like Kaspersky, etc.

3. Assume you've been compromised and change your passwords.

4. Watch your bank and credit statements for any suspicious activity.

FB, Twitter, etc have their uses, but the amoumt of harm they are allowed to do effectively surpasses the 'benefits'.

They are poorly run and managed.

Heck...I recently thought I was doing the 'socially correct' thing and accepted a whole bunch of 'friend' requests only to discover I was subsequently 'restricted' from access for some form of 'trolling'....and all I did was click on 'yes' or 'ok' - whatever.

So...if anyone feels a NEED to be connected to me via FB....well tough titties...I'm only going to be approachable by genuine human beings....not naive childish users of junkware social media.

I can keep REAL friends without such rubbish....longest-lasting I have known now for 52 years....we went to Primary School together.

Too much damage is done by them....particularly bullying - [resulting in suicides] ... slander, libel and Identity theft.

Yes, so it's [mostly] the fault of who uses it.... but how many of you have heard of instances of Police interaction to have pages removed?

Community 'social' sites [forums] such as Stardock's ARE 'policed'....eg. if someone posts personal information that 'may' cause an issue [to them] it's simply deleted.

I think the next time I log into FB it will to change whatever settings there are in place to stop the email notifications of 'requests' or 'xxx wants you to view his latest photo of Fido' .

Anyone feeling a NEED to contact me....my actual email is on the 'about' page...

You may also want to check out this site as well.

https://shouldichangemypassword.com/

I found this via the thread that this thread is linked to on Neowin. It turns out two of my email accounts were compromised. The dates listed for the attacks are around the time Adobe had it's little issue so I don't know which to blame but I went ahead and changed my passwords anyway.

Keep in mind, even if you update/change your password, that site and the one linked will still tell you it has been compromised, so after changing passwords it won't give you accurate info.

Got this from Adobe (changed my password as soon as the hack was publicised):

Important Password Reset Information

As we announced on October 3, Adobe discovered sophisticated attacks on our network involving the illegal access and removal of a backup database containing Adobe IDs and encrypted passwords. We are writing to let you know that your Adobe ID was in the database taken by the attackers -- but, importantly, your current password was not . As a result, we did not reset your password. We have no reason to believe that your Adobe ID account is at risk or that there has been unauthorized activity on your account. The database taken by the attackers came from a backup system that contained many out-of-date records and was designated to be decommissioned. Adobe’s authentication system of record, which cryptographically hashes and salts customer passwords, was not the source of the database that was taken. However, if you use your old passwords on any other websites, you should change those passwords. We also recommend that you follow password best practices to help ensure your current password is secure:   Don’t reuse passwords: Your password should be unique to your Adobe ID account. Don’t reuse a password you have previously used with your Adobe ID or a password you are using on any other website. Make sure your password is difficult to guess: Your password should be at least eight (8) characters in length. It should contain a mix of different character sets, such as upper case letters (A-Z), lower case letters (a-z), digits (0-9), and special characters (# $ % & - _ { }). It should not use all or part of your name or your Adobe ID.   We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We value the trust of our customers and are working aggressively to prevent these types of events from occurring in the future. If you have questions, you can learn more by visiting our Customer Care page, which you will find here.

Adobe Customer Care

Be careful with those Adobe alerts. Part of the issue was 'fake' emails being sent out that were/are very similar to the actual email Adobe has sent.

• "Protect yourself against non-legitimate email “phishing” attempts: If you received an email requesting you to change your password, and you’re concerned whether it is legitimate, don't click any links in the email. Instead, type www.adobe.com/go/passwordreset into your browser to be sure."