Robert Scott Horning wrote:
For those users who do have e-mail addresses for their accounts, were there any provisions done to try and send a simple e-mail to those users asking them to update their accounts with stronger passwords? Especially sysops?
For sysops I could track down, yes.
While I support the actions of Brian to try and strengthen the passwords for user accounts, some internal notice should have been given in more widely read forums, of which Wikitech-l and Foundation-l are not really widely read forums for the typical Wikimedian. Actually, I don't know of a good place, although there are several places that would work to at least notify a few more people than simply the e-mail lists.
I can't predict every possibly place people might read on hundreds of wikis, hence my announcement on three mailing lists and the English Wikipedia Village Pump. From there people are, I assume, still copying relevant announcements to their local haunts.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)