IBM ThinkPad R52 Gets Power But Won't Boot

In a previous post I outlined how my IBM ThinkPad R52 finally gave up the ghost. It would get power, the fans would spin, but it wouldn't get past the POST. There was no power on tests, no beep codes, no boot screens... nothing!

5 Million Gmail Addresses and Passwords Leaked: What This Means for You

Earlier today, news started making the rounds that a list of 5 million Gmail addresses and passwords was leaked on Tuesday, Sept 9 2014.

The list appeared on a Russian Bitcoin forum site and after some review, appears to be the result of a number of years of hacking and phishing campaigns as opposed to a direct assault on the Google mothership.

Some of the accounts also appeared to be quite old, and in some cases the gmail address appeared to be the username for another online account.

So what we are probably seeing is actually some hacker’s private stash rather than someone looking for help in cracking a password database.