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		x3sphere on Sept 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alleged leak of more than 5M Gmail accounts The passwords seem to have come from somewhere else. My email is on the list, but the password is wrong and actually matches the one I use for throwaway accounts.

maxerickson on Sept 10, 2014 [–]

There seem to be enough people reporting this to do some correlation and figure out what was really compromised.

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