Do you know what hackers were doing around this time five years ago? They were breaking into a database at Disqus, the popular blog comment hosting service supported by scores of websites, in many cases in place of traditional web forums (remember those?). Disqus only found out about it this past Thursday and began alerting users a day later,

Source: Hot Hardware – Disqus Confirms 17.5 Million Accounts Hacked During 2012 Security Breach