Fwd: [Security] Please reset/change your W3C Password

Dear all,

please read the message below from the W3C systems team and take action promptly. There is no clear sign that your accounts have been breached, but resetting the password for your W3C accounts will help keep us all safe.

Olivier

Begin forwarded message:

> Subject: Re: [Security] Requiring Changing W3C Passwords
> Date: 28 February 2014 19:23:48 GMT
> To: <chairs@w3.org>
>
>
> W3C has discovered unauthorized access to its user database which
> included the retrieval of encrypted passwords.  Given time the attacker
> can break the encryption and use those passwords.  As such W3C is
> requiring all of its users to change their password.  If you have not
> changed your password in 2014 please do so.
>
> https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile/edit/password
>
> If you do not know your current passwords they can recover them
> via:
>
> http://www.w3.org/accounts/recover
>
> --
> Ted Guild <ted@guilds.net>
> http://guilds.net



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Received on Wednesday, 5 March 2014 11:49:52 UTC