LJ Passwords may have been compromised

[borgmama1of5]

This is from Dreamwidth alerting those who use both LJ and Dreamwidth about a data breach:

tl;dr: Change your passwords on LJ and Dreamwidth

* Many legitimate older accounts have been broken into this week and used for spamming.
* This is not a security issue with Dreamwidth itself: we've confirmed the hijacked accounts were compromised through

Comments

[amberdreams]

I remember something coming round at the time in 2020, and I changed my passwords then - it feels typically LJ to deny any involvement though.

[borgmama1of5]

I figure better safe than sorry.

[amberdreams]

Indeed!