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   Anonymous
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   http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/7056627/LinkedIn-passwords-hacked

   LinkedIn passwords hacked

   Business social network LinkedIn said it is investigating reports that more than six million passwords have been stolen and leaked on to the internet.

   Although LinkedIn did not confirm if any user data had been hacked or leaked, researchers at UK web security company Sophos say they have confirmed that a file posted online does contain, in part, LinkedIn passwords "hashes." That's a way of encrypting or storing passwords in a different form.

   Graham Cluley, a consultant with Sophos, recommended that LinkedIn users change their passwords immediately.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/linkedin-investigating-password-leak-could-affect-65-m-060612?utm_source=Threatpost&utm_medium=Tabs&utm_campaign=Today%27s+Most+Popular

   UPDATE Professional social networking site LinkedIn announced early Wednesday morning that it was looking into reports of stolen passwords, according to a post on their Twitter page.

   http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/lastfm-and-eharmony-passwords-stolen-20120608-1zzrq.html

   http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/last-fm-eharmony-and-linkedin-have-passwords-stolen-updates/

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/analysis/2183098/quick-guide-password-protection

   https://www.pcworld.com/article/257270/another_breach_reveals_weak_passwords_will_we_ever_learn.html

   Another Breach Reveals Weak Passwords: Will We Ever Learn?
   It has been 18 months since more than 188,000 passwords for subscribers to Gawker were snatched by hackers and posted to the Web, but consumers don't seem any more inclined to protect their passwords now than they were then.
   If you're looking for tips on creating a strong password, there are plenty of folks on the Net that can advise you on that subject, including Microsoft and Google. See also PCWorld's tips at "Create a Different, Secure, Easy-to-Remember Password for Every Site.")
   strong passwords like 4shkenaz!Sp!tt!ng, which would take a desktop PC 14 quadrillion years to crack.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Dragonlair
   Member

   According to an email I received from Opinion Outpost, eharmony.com had their passwords hacked as well.

   They sent out the warning email because some people keep the same password for everything and if they did so and were part of these two hacking sweeps, they might be compromised elsewhere.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Inas
   Member

   am looking forward to the day when log-ons will be based on eyeball and/or fingerprint scanning technology - most seure type of access approach.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Yes that would be brilliant and with today's tehnology shouln't be too hard to accomplish.

   Though some crooks may start chopping fingers off, lol.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Dragonlair
   Member

   Yes that would be brilliant and with today's tehnology shouln't be too hard to accomplish.

   Though some crooks may start chopping fingers off, lol.

   Sci-fi stories about that have been around for years! Even one of the early SeaQuest DSV episodes had a guy grafting the skin of a guy's fingertips to his hands so he could do just that!

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57449325-83/what-the-password-leaks-mean-to-you-faq/

   LastPass has created a site where people can check to see if their password for LinkedIn or eHarmony was among those posted to a hacker forum.
   (Credit: LastPass)

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/25/people_slack_about_passwords/

   Users still slack about passwords: Trustwave
   eHarmony analysis shows people just don’t care
   Having recovered 80 percent of the 1.5 million passwords in the dump file, the company says only 0.5 percent contained a “special character”, with 41 percent containing letters only and 57 percent a combination of letters and digits.
   As it was, more than 1.2 million passwords were cracked in 72 hours, using three NVIDIA GPUs and the oclHashcat and John the Ripper cracking tools.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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