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scott31337
Profile Joined January 2013
United States2979 Posts
March 23 2015 21:56 GMT
#1
The next time you log on to the twitch.tv streaming service, you'll find that your password has been reset. That's due apparently to a security breach; Twitch published a blog post a few hours ago stating that there "may have been unauthorized access to some Twitch user information" and that the company has suspended passwords and stream keys across all its accounts. It's also disassociated all of them from Twitter and YouTube so you'll need to authorize them all over again.

Source

Interesting... and means reconfiguring mIRC and other IRC clients/bots as well for the hash.
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Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
March 23 2015 22:33 GMT
#2
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/general/418289-twitchtv-issues-global-password-reset

Thread from last time this happened.
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Rimstalker
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany734 Posts
March 23 2015 23:06 GMT
#3
ugh. They disallow weakish passwords now. Like 'fucktwitch555' was not accepted.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
March 23 2015 23:13 GMT
#4
On March 24 2015 08:06 Rimstalker wrote:
ugh. They disallow weakish passwords now. Like 'fucktwitch555' was not accepted.

Dammit, does that mean my password won't work?
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imJealous
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1382 Posts
March 23 2015 23:19 GMT
#5
Yeesh.... these new password restrictions are absurd. So far I haven't even been able to come up with a password that doesn't get rejected as "very weak". You would think 10+ characters including digits and special characters would be enough...
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QuickStriker
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3694 Posts
March 23 2015 23:32 GMT
#6
Here's a tip for everyone who may have trouble with coming up with new password just for twitch and "prefer" to use an easier password or the one that was before you were forced to change:

1. Make a random password that's allowed by twitch

2. Log in with the new password

3. Go to your profile settings and change password

4. For new password, simply type the "easier" password (or previous password) and save.

And that's it!

Thank you and your welcome.
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krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
March 23 2015 23:39 GMT
#7
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MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
March 23 2015 23:43 GMT
#8
Rofl, yesterday I decided it was time to create an account to twitch ><
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-24 00:00:00
March 23 2015 23:58 GMT
#9
The worst ones are when they try to make you use a strong password, but use such rigid restrictions that they actually make it easier to hack.

One of our government services requires an exactly 8-character password with no special characters, a number and like a capital letter or something.

Enforcing super-strong passwords just leads to people sticking post-it notes on their terminals and stuff anyway. You can't really win, other than teaching people the hard way not to use abc123.
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12167 Posts
March 24 2015 06:07 GMT
#10
The most fun password changes are the applications that force you to change every 3 months (or whatever) but allow you to use the same password as last time.
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
March 24 2015 06:25 GMT
#11
God damn email for password reset won't go through .
When I think of something else, something will go here
OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-24 06:27:29
March 24 2015 06:27 GMT
#12
Use a password safe program, there's really no reason not to. There's plenty of options out there, they save all your passwords in one location, they'll make up complex passwords for you to use, they're ez as fuck to deal with. You can be a boss and set all your security questions to super complex random passwords as well for bonus safeguarding. Honestly you know you have apps for the dumbest shit in the world, there's no reason you shouldn't have one for your passwords.

Keepass Totally free open source. It ain't pretty but it's what I use. Available for your droid and iphone as well to take your passwords with you. Stores everything locally.

1Password Expensive but prettier I guess. My brother uses it and likes it. Available on all platforms.

Lastpass There are free and premium versions. Works on all platforms. Cloud based.

Keeping separate complex passwords for everything is a good habit to get into. May as well start now. Thats just 3 varying options, I'm sure there's a million more available.
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JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
March 24 2015 06:30 GMT
#13
well if that program is lost, like if you lose your device you're fucked
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OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-24 06:48:39
March 24 2015 06:46 GMT
#14
On March 24 2015 15:30 JieXian wrote:
well if that program is lost, like if you lose your device you're fucked


IF you store your passwords locally they have to get into your phone for starters. Then they have to get inside of your password safe program. Now assuming you've used your brain and your phone has a password and your program has a reasonable password I'd say good fucking luck trying to get in. It's not happening. If you use multi step verification its even harder yet.

I've still got all my passwords on my computer so even if you do have my phone which you're not getting them out of, I can change them all anyway so congrats on wasting your time. I've also got a USB with all them in my gunsafe. Or you could use post-its...

Literally unless you're the rainman of passwords using a program is the safest and most secure option there is. Not a single reason not to protect your shit.
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Tulanwarrior
Profile Joined September 2013
Malaysia219 Posts
March 24 2015 06:56 GMT
#15
@Ouchydathurts

Totally agree. Thanks for sharing. Ill get on asap.
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ShloobeR
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Korea (South)3847 Posts
March 24 2015 06:58 GMT
#16
Are the twitch mail servers down or something?

Reset emails aren't coming through tt
: o )
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51478 Posts
March 24 2015 07:00 GMT
#17
On March 24 2015 08:06 Rimstalker wrote:
ugh. They disallow weakish passwords now. Like 'fucktwitch555' was not accepted.


its too short Fuckthisnewtwitch5 would probably work
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OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
March 24 2015 07:08 GMT
#18
On March 24 2015 15:56 Tulanwarrior wrote:
@Ouchydathurts

Totally agree. Thanks for sharing. Ill get on asap.


Its a pain to switch everything over initially but it'll be worth it in the end. I used to have like 3 passwords for all of my billions of accounts. If somehow someone were able to get ahold of one account they potentially had access to 1/3 of all my stuff. If they get ahold of your email password then the world is their oyster, everything links there. Putting every single account to a unique 256 bit password and changing your security questions to unique passwords of their own might be overkill, but you'll sleep pretty well. If someone wants to crack that shit they've earned it at that point lol. Also with people using credit card/banking info for purchasing everything online with ease it makes even more sense. Protect your shit, no one is going to protect it for you.
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_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands685 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-24 07:27:37
March 24 2015 07:27 GMT
#19
On March 24 2015 15:46 OuchyDathurts wrote:
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On March 24 2015 15:30 JieXian wrote:
well if that program is lost, like if you lose your device you're fucked


IF you store your passwords locally they have to get into your phone for starters. Then they have to get inside of your password safe program. Now assuming you've used your brain and your phone has a password and your program has a reasonable password I'd say good fucking luck trying to get in. It's not happening. If you use multi step verification its even harder yet.

I've still got all my passwords on my computer so even if you do have my phone which you're not getting them out of, I can change them all anyway so congrats on wasting your time. I've also got a USB with all them in my gunsafe. Or you could use post-its...

Literally unless you're the rainman of passwords using a program is the safest and most secure option there is. Not a single reason not to protect your shit.


Off topic: I never realized a "gunsafe" is a common household object in the US. Is it like a big heavy breadbox stuck on a shelf somewhere? Or built in the wall?
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GiveMeCake
Profile Joined October 2010
148 Posts
March 24 2015 07:28 GMT
#20
Somehow my main email was compromised last week.. Today I got the email that Twitch was compromised and saw it as a connection... Thankfully I wasn't alone, but having someone go into your email you've had for 17 years is extremely unsettling.
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