Wordpress.org hacked - use unique passwords!

[decay]

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/22/12...ompromised

"Back in April hackers gained access to the WordPress.com servers and exposed passwords/API keys for Twitter and Facebook accounts. Now, hackers gained access to Wordpress.org and the plugin repository. Malicious code was found in several commits including popular plugins such as AddThis, WPtouch, or W3 Total Cache. Matt Mullenweg decided to force-reset all passwords on WordPress.org. This is a great remainder for all users not use the same password for two different services."

[M A V I C]

Oy. I'm going to have to find a new way to deal with passwords. I do reuse passwords but it's difficult to remember them for hundreds of different places... and one password isn't an option.

[PeterB]

M A V I C wrote:
Oy. I'm going to have to find a new way to deal with passwords. I do reuse passwords but it's difficult to remember them for hundreds of different places... and one password isn't an option.

The way I handle it is to use different passwords, but have them be variations on an easy-to-remember (at least, for me) theme. As an example, doggie8@mysocks, kittehw/0tolerance, etc.