Gawker Hacked and User Database Stolen

As many of you will have already seen today Gawker and its various websites have been hacked and their user database compromised. The database contains details of more than a million members and includes information such as their email addresss and passwords.

Gawker says that the passwords are encrypted, but the group claiming responsibility for the attack, Gnosis, have already claimed that they have unencrypted some passwords. Gawker are advising their users to immediately change their Gawker password and the password used for any other sites that was the same as their Gawker password.

Any of our readers who use any of Gawker websites are advised to change their password immediately.