Yes.I just changed my password.

Nope. So if you changed your password through the email, you need to change it through "your Houzz" on here. Never change through an email link.

No.

no

I haven't received it but Houzz Emily posted on this thread about it in Cooking. Data Breach Thread

Yes I received it.

got it and changed my password over here.

Yes, changed password, and we got notice at work that our work emails were also compromised. They said change any PW associated with work email so that means Dropbox, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. My PW was due to expire within the next two weeks, so I changed it today then.

Just got it, and I did change my password, as it was the same one I had been using since GardenWeb.

No, I didn't get it. But I should probably change my password. I have everything bookmarked so I don't even use my password - whatever it is.

I got it and changed my password here.

Didn't get it either. But will change password :-) What a drag that this happens.

Thanks for the reminder. I did get the email, but didn't change my password. I just changed it.

I got it but why wouldn't we all get it ?? Maybe Houzz can explain.

There was a thread in the KT where Emily H (moderator) explained that only accounts Houzz found were breached, were getting emails. I didn't get the email but changed my password anyway.

Emily's responses in Kitchen Table thread

It does seem strange that not everyone received an alert. I even got a second notice yesterday so I changed my password.

So why would Houzz only notify those that were breached? I wonder if the email itself was sent by the hacker and not Houzz.

I got the email. It said my account wasn't breached, but my password was too simple and I had to change it. I went directly to the houzz site(instead of clicking the link in the email) and changed my password.

I did the same as Czarina Alex. My password was also too simple, and I did not click on the link in the email. I have a separate account at work (which I opened because I wanted to visit Houzz at work and this was before they took over GW), and if I get an email for that one, it will go to my work address. I'm off this week, and so I won't get to see it until next week.

Quite a few web sites are updating their passwords. A long time ago, you could have very simple ones, easy to remember. The bad guys have latched on to that, so most everyone is having you change, if you don't on your own, to a harder to crack password.

Actually, any security person can tell you it’s all just security theatre. All these new doodads like two-factor authentication just make you feel more secure. The new longer passwords that are all the rage would take a person with a pencil a lot longer to hit upon, but for a computer it’s like a second more to run through the additional possible combos.

if you aren’t aware, the guy who set up the password protocol back in the 90s has publicly repented for the fact that the whole password system just creates passwords that are hard for humans to remember but easy for computers to crack. He says now that we would be much better off if everyone just picked goofy phrases that only they understand. ETA But of course it’s all so engrained now that nobody bothers to change the reqs.

Mine are all goofy.

I finally received an email yesterday,
but they didn't change my password. I'd already changed my password when
I first read of the breach, and now when I click the sign-in button, I
have to back out the dots that represent the old password (different
number of characters), and then re-enter the new password, each time.

I've unclicked the 'keep me signed in' button, signed out, closed
firefox, and rebooted the computer several times--all to no avail. Not a
big deal, but less convenient to use this site. Anyone else have the
same experience?

(Xpost from the KT thread.)

Your computer has the password saved. You will have to change it to the new one. What browser are you using?

Sherry, thank you. I clicked 'update password' on the computer, and it worked!