>> I hope you don't care about your gawker password ...
>
> It was my usual very low-security password - and it was
> in the list of compromised identities. Changed it, but
> what was the risk?
If it's the same user/password combintion on other sites -- like twitter, for instance -- then you should change them all, because the folks who got them tried the same combinations on a lot of other sites.
As much of a pain in the butt as it is, you shouldn't use the same username/password combination in more than one place.
/jordan