[sbhat7]

This would also mean they downloaded the copy of gawker's hacked database, which is probably why they didn't provide more details.

[thenduks]

Definitely a possibility. There are some alternatives now though, like the list[1] of MD5'd emails that has been circulating that you can use to check against. That's how I confirmed that I wasn't in there, personally.

[1]: http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=350662