Ask HN: Why did I just get a new password emailed to me?

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About 4 hours after the startup school email, I got an email from info@ with a "New Hacker News pw". I'm still logged in to HN (my session wasn't killed in the process)... did something happen that necessitated regenerating passwords for people?

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I can go to the login page, attempt and fail to login, then click the "email yourself a new password link". Asking the user to confirm the email address used for registration will avoid this problem.

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