[Security] Requiring Changing W3C Passwords

• From: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
• Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:40:45 +0000
• To: public-web-mobile@w3.org
• Message-ID: <6AB1569F300D4981AEB6B23D1EDB8139@marcosc.com>

All IG members,
** This is important, please see below! **

Forwarded message:

> From: Ted Guild <ted@guilds.net>
> To: chairs@w3.org
> Date: Friday, February 28, 2014 at 7:23:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Security] Requiring Changing W3C Passwords
> 
> 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 

Received on Friday, 28 February 2014 22:41:15 UTC