ider . ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁G aw ker ▁announced ▁it ▁had ▁acquired ▁City File , ▁an ▁online ▁directory ▁of ▁cele brit ies ▁and ▁media ▁personal ities . ▁G aw ker ' s ▁Editor - in - Ch ief ▁Gabriel ▁S ny der ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁being ▁replaced ▁by ▁City File ▁editor ▁Rem y ▁Stern . ▁ ▁Source ▁code ▁bre ach ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁G aw ker ▁group ' s ▁ 1 . 3 ▁million ▁comment er ▁accounts ▁and ▁their ▁entire ▁website ▁source ▁code ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁a ▁ha cker ▁group ▁named ▁G nos is . ▁G aw ker ▁issued ▁an ▁advis ory ▁notice ▁stating : ▁" O ur ▁user ▁databases ▁appear ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁comprom ised . ▁The ▁passwords ▁were ▁encrypted . ▁But ▁simple ▁ones ▁may ▁be ▁vulner able ▁to ▁a ▁br ute - force ▁attack . ▁You ▁should ▁change ▁your ▁G aw ker ▁password ▁and ▁on ▁any ▁other ▁sites ▁on ▁which ▁you ' ve ▁used ▁the ▁same ▁passwords ". ▁G aw ker ▁was ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁using ▁DES - based ▁crypt ( 3 ) ▁password ▁hash es ▁with ▁ 1 2 ▁bits ▁of ▁salt . ▁Security ▁research ers ▁found ▁that ▁password ▁crack ing ▁software ▁" John ▁the ▁Ri pper " ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁quickly ▁crack ▁over ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁passwords ▁from ▁those ▁records ▁with ▁crack able ▁password ▁hash es . ▁Follow ers ▁of ▁Twitter ▁accounts ▁set ▁up ▁with