Tag: LinkedIn
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And now it’s last.fm
Last.fm have had a security breach and advised all their users (such as me) to change their passwords. As with LinkedIn, having passwords hashed may not be enough to keep them secure. I don’t know what has happened here and will refrain from commenting on Last.fm in particular, but one does begin to feel that…
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Why you should change your LinkedIn password
Several million LinkedInpasswords have been stolen and posted online. The fact that they are “encrypted” does not mean they are safe. The encryption – hashing – means that a lone password cracker trying to “brute force” the passwords would probably take a very long time to get through any significant number. But the point is…
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