Gawker Media Hacked, Warns Users to Change Passwords

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Our Top Stories Gawker Media Hacked, Warns Users to Change Passwords E-mail addresses and password details for 200,000 registered users of Gawker Media websites are now circulating on peer-to-peer networks after a weekend hack... Share: McDonald's Customer Data Compromised through Contractor McDonald's is warning customers that sensitive data was exposed by a breach at a contractor hired by another third-party contractor. Share: Website Attackers Could Be Easily Traced, Researchers Say People using a tool to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against other websites in support of WikiLeaks can easily be traced, according to... 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