Bitly Compromised

• Bitly... a URL shortening site that helped many bloggers shorten the URL, hide their paths and post them through microbloggng sites and other social networking sites HAVE been hacked.
• Their CEO Mark Josephson has blogged in his post.
• He blogged that 

"We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been compromised; specifically, users' email addresses, encrypted passwords, API keys and OAuth tokens," 

• The  registered users of Bitly has been advised to
• Log into Bitly account from Twitter or Facebook
• Reset Legacy API keys
• Copy and replace this key in all your profiles.
• Then reset all your passwords.
• Bitly has invalidated all Twitter and Facebook credentials, meaning that a user will not be able to use Bitly from these social networking sites till he resets the options given above.
• So Beware...Be Aware and keep urself safe
• Happy Hunting
• Sourcehttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2457837,00.asp?mailingID=F1BEF928D79843FDAF41D5B2084CF083

2M Facebook, Gmail, Twitter Passwords Stolen in Massive Hack

1. Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released this week.
2. The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firm Trustwave said. 
3. The virus was capturing login credentials for key websites over the past month and sending those usernames and passwords to a server controlled by the hackers
4. On Nov. 24, Trustwave researchers tracked that server, located in the Netherlands. They discovered compromised credentials for 93,000 websites, including:
   318,000 Facebook accounts
   70,000 Gmail, Google+ and YouTube accounts 60,000 Yahoo accounts 22,000 Twitter accounts 9,000 Odnoklassniki accounts (a Russian social network) 8,000 ADP.accounts 8,000 LinkedIn accounts
5. http://www.8newsnow.com/story/24135669/2-million-facebook-gmail-twitter-passwords-stolen-in-massive-hack