Gawker Media hacked this weekend, possibly in retaliation for its condemnation of distributed DoS attacks launched by WikiLeaks supporters. If you think your Gawker account has been compromised, you can’t cancel it. Change your password at other sites where you used the same password that you used on a Gawker Media site. Gawker Media shut down some of its e-mail servers temporarily to deal with problems. The only exception is if you joined via Facebook Connect, Gawker Media doesn’t store those passwords. The breach may have been retaliation for Gawker’s condemnation of the distributed DDoS attacks.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2126367/what-if-your-gawker-password-was-violated-.html