LinkedIn Confirms Millions of Account Passwords Hacked

interessant find ich ja folgendes

Zitat:

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The file only contains passwords hashed using the SHA-1 algorithm and does not include user names or any other data, security researchers say. However, the breach is so serious that security professionals advise people to change their LinkedIn passwords immediately. An SHA-1 hash is an algorithm that converts your password into a unique set of numbers and letters. If your password is “LinkedIn1234,” for example, the SHA-1 hex output should always be “abf26a4849e5d97882fcdce5757ae6028281192a.” As you can see that is problematic since if you know the password is hashed with SHA-1, you can quickly uncover some of the more basic passwords that people commonly use.

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Quelle:
http://thehackernews.com/2012/06/lin...f-account.html

Hier noch nen link zum "tiefer" lesen^^

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4073309

peace