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Over the blog on skypes website. the group also hacked the twitter account and facebook page. the hackers claim they were protesting the national security agencys practices. and skype was not the only internet company hacked. a popular photo messaging service was also hit. its users information exposed as matt gutman reports, the snap chat breach could have a ripple effect on other websites. >> reporter: that embarrassing picture you take on the social app snapchat disappears ten seconds after v...

Protesting the national security agencys practices. skype wasnt the only internet company hacked. another posted the user names and phone numbers of nearly 5 million snapchat users. it said it wanted to call attention to a security flaw in the photo messaging service. snapchat had already admitted the flaw several days ago. cybercrooks may try to use the information to fish and defraud snapchat users. the new year is ushering in a new era for the boy scouts. its lifting its century-long ban ...

Tell us about that. >> well, i frankly thought that was the most interesting part of this story. if you look at the numbers it looks like a lout a million and a half p accounts, hit facebook, twitter, linked in, so forth. 2 million user names and passwords is not a lot when you consider over 2 billion users of this media, less than 1/10 of 1%. youre right the service call trust wave -- the thing all these user names and passwords were posted on the internet. trust wave looked at them and analyze...

A gas station. and hours ago, they said the missing radioactive material was found close to where the truck was abandoned. it no longer poses a threat. and now to california. an autopsy reveals paul walker was killed by both impact and the fire. the autopsy also confirming walker was the passenger in the car. also today, universal pictures shutting down production on "fast & furious" 7 at least temporarily. and now to the deadly cold snap gripping the middle of the country. it is pushing thr...

Location data are lawful. theyre intended to develop intelligence about foreign targets according to that report. if youre not too thrilled when you hear this latest news about the nsa allegedly tracking your every move, we have another story to make you feel uneasy as well. hackers. hackers have apparently stolen user names, passwords for nearly 2 million facebook, gmail, twitter, and yeahhue accounts. i have three of the four so im paying extra close attention, lori siegel, and you never want ...

Hospital. police still investigate. they say the bus wason the roada stop sign but the road on which the truck was -- traveling -- the driver of the bus was on a road which does have a stop sign. but the one on which the truck was driverring did not. >> heres another rope you might want to change your passwood. a cyber security firm reports hackers have accessed nearly two million social media and e-mail accounts. according to this report from trust wave, the stolen information includes user nam...

Choice of incredibly bad credentials. but its very important to recognize, in this particular case, this virus would successfully capture credentials, user names and passwords, that were even 30 characters long, which show us why its very important to change your password frequently, not just to choose a secure one the first time. >> when you saw say frequently, say the facebook account or your twitter account, how often to change them? what does frequently mean? >> all departments on the sensit...

Some 2 million user names and passwords stolen in a massive hack that includes facebook, gmail and twitter accounts. hackers got the information installing key logging software on computers around the world, among the most popular passwords that were stolen? 123456, 123456789, the word password and admin. we can do better than this people. facebook and twitter reset the passwords. google, yahoo! and linkedin did not respond to our request for comment. an fda warning to tell you about a this mo...

Computers and captured log-in credentials. this affects more than 300,000 facebook accounts, 70,000 g-mail, google plus and youtube accounts and 22,000 twitter accounts. trust wave said many of the compromised accounts involved weak passwords like the trusty 1234. they recommend updating virus software. i want to bring in shawn henry, former executive director of the fbi where he oversaw computer crime investigations and now is president of crowd strike, a security technology organization that h...

Found close to where the truck was abandoned. it no longer poses a threat. and now to california, an autopsy showing actor paul walker was killed by both the impact and the fire in saturdays car crash. the fast and furious star died when their porsche hit a light pole and a tree. confirming walker was the passenger in the car. also today, universal pictures shutting down production on fast and furious 7, at least temporarily. and now to the deadly cold snap gripping the middle of the country. at...