'To break it down, there are 469,540 passwords that have been encrypted with SHA-256, and 44,868 passwords encrypted wit SMF encryption.'
Incorrect.
So it's a fake article?
Should we change the password or not?
It will be very helpful if the forum implement a 2FA or something like that...
If we were required to change password,the forum admin or staff should have intimidated this to us through general notice.Since there is no such announcement,I Dont think we should worry although keep changing password periodically is a good practice
Or just try to strengthen current ones.
It's hard to reverse the hashed passwords anyway. And I'm also informed that the usernames and emails are also hashed, making it extremely difficult.
You are probably correct, if there was any serious threat, It'd be reported in the message section (the part that states the "latest stable version of bitcoin core"