A massive hack of systems belonging to online publishing giant Gawker Media has put gigabytes of sensitive information related to Gawker founder Nick Denton and the company s operations online. A trove of millions of hashed account passwords could be an even bigger problem for untold numbers of individuals, companies and government agencies. The breach was disclosed over the weekend, and has already spawned a spam campaign on Twitter in which spammers hijacked accounts by taking advantage of Gawker users who used the same password to secure their Twitter account. Gawker said an online hacking group dubbed Gnosis had taken responsibility for the attack.
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