MySpace proves it is still relevant when 360 million accounts are reported hacked

Here’s a bit of news that will make you want to visit your MySpace account right now: The social media network was hacked and now a 33-GB file is floating around the Internet with the emails, usernames and passwords for more than 360 million MySpace accounts.

This is that moment when you say, “I knew I should have deleted that account long ago.”

While many MySpace users have since moved on from the social media site, the hack is still relevant for multiple reasons, including the fact that your data is being sold to strangers, and you are quite possibly using that same username or password to this day, rendering your modern-day accounts vulnerable.

Tech site Motherboard reported that the 33-GB file was for sale for the price of six bitcoin (or, $3,200). The story also noted that the seller is someone who has previously posted millions of LinkedIn accounts for sale.

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For its part, MySpace said it discovered the hack before the Memorial Day weekend and assured users on Tuesday that it has invalidated the passwords for all accounts suspected of being affected. The hack targeted accounts created prior to June 2013, when MySpace did a site upgrade that increased account security.

MySpace encouraged users to authenticate their account and reset their password. 

The site LeakedSource claimed to have a database of all the user information leaked, and stated the hack dates back to a 2013 security breach. Motherboard wrote that they have not seen the hacked data, but said that LeakedSource was able to send back the correct MySpace passwords of five email addresses they submitted to the site.

Guess it’s time to pay Tom a little visit and change your password  — or delete your MySpace account. Also, use a password manager, if you can. After taking a look at the top passwords used on the site, your “MySpace1” password system is probably outdated.