TWC Hacked- A Thread About Passwords and Security

[UNC71-00]

So TWC has been having multiple outages recently and claims that the FBI told them they were hacked and that we should change our passwords. While I am somewhat skeptical of this and think that TWC might just be trying to blame their shitty ass service problems on hackers, it does bring up an interesting question.

Do I really need to worry about all my passwords, or just the ones linked to accounts that manage money?

Obviously online banking and paypal need to have unique passwords, but why do I care if someone hacks my gmail account? Or Rivals? Or TWC cable? Or Itunes? or Twitter or Facebook? Or am I missing something?

I understand the issue if one uses the same password for sensitive accounts as for all others, but if not, does changing a password make any difference?

 

[coolwaterunc]

Someone hacked The Weather Channel? Does that mean we're going to start seeing some really odd weather? Like a 100-degree heat wave in January or something?

 

[TarHeelNation11]

I hate the digital age. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going home to count my bank account.....it's hidden under my mattress.

 

[heelmanwilm]

From what i understand these hackers run programs that go through all sorts of different passwords to gain access to these data bases at the corp level. they dont need your password so you're right. What's the diff? Its not like they can do harm to twc by getting YOUR password.

 

[UNC71-00]

From what i understand these hackers run programs that go through all sorts of different passwords to gain access to these data bases at the corp level. they dont need your password so you're right. What's the diff? Its not like they can do harm to twc by getting YOUR password.

Unless one uses the same password for many sites

 

[UNC71-00]

I hate the digital age. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going home to count my bank account.....it's hidden under my mattress.

Without the digital age means no Tinder, and I don't have to tell you what that means to you.

 

[TarHeelNation11]

Without the digital age means no Tinder, and I don't have to tell you what that means to you.

I stand corrected.

 

[Raising Heel]

TWC is saying 320,000 out of 16 million customers might be affected.

I like my odds.

 

[bleeduncblue]

TWC blows! We cut them out of our life 4 years ago and haven't regretted it for one minute. Hands down the worst company I've ever dealt with.

 

[UNC '92]

TWC blows! We cut them out of our life 4 years ago and haven't regretted it for one minute. Hands down the worst company I've ever dealt with.

I see you haven't experienced the absolute pleasure of dealing with comcast.

 

[bleeduncblue]

I see you haven't experienced the absolute pleasure of dealing with comcast.

No, we don't have the Comcast option ... maybe I should be happy?

 

[UNC71-00]

The service from all of them leaves something to be desired. However the ones with customer service that actually care when you call and dont ask a bunch of stupid questions are the ones that win.

Verizon comes to mind- they have the best customer service and it makes the service failures tolerable.

TWC is just awful. But who has an ISP that is any better?