Re: [Security] Requiring Changing W3C Passwords

FYI, all W3C users who have not changed their password
recently should be notified when they interact with protected resources
on our site.

Thierry

On 28/02/2014 14:21, Ted Guild wrote:
> Since this got forwarded to a publicly archived list please go ahead and
> inform your groups.  All W3C users who have not changed their password
> recently should be notified when they interact with protected resources
> on our site as Janina and others experienced.
>
> If your users do not know their current passwords they can recover them
> via:
>
> http://www.w3.org/accounts/recover
>
> On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 15:52 -0500, Ted Guild wrote:
>> On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 15:39 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
>>> Tye W3 system prompted me to change my passwd about 2-3 weeks ago. I did
>>> so. Am I now OK, or was this breach more recent?
>>
>> You are OK.  A sizable percent of AC and Chairs have not been
>> interacting with resources on our site that require credentials and
>> would have triggered the notice you received and acted on.
>>
>> We want to give Chairs and AC a head start before this gets communicated
>> more widely.  I will send a follow up to Chairs list asking they
>> encourage their WG participants to change passwords as well.  We will
>> also be using the mechanism you noted to get attention of those using
>> our site.
>>
>> https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile/edit/password
>

Received on Friday, 28 February 2014 13:36:50 UTC