In the last few days about 8 million user accounts from LinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm were compromised by hackers. The users' passwords were posted in their protected, encoded form but many of them had already been cracked.
The reality is that hackers can probably work their way into any system if they put in enough of a concerted effort. That's scary.
But access is just the first step. They can steal all the passwords they want, but if the passwords are properly encrypted, your information might still be safe.
Unfortunately all of the hacked sites this week were horribly irresponsible in how they handled users' passwords.
The reality is that hackers can probably work their way into any system if they put in enough of a concerted effort. That's scary.
But access is just the first step. They can steal all the passwords they want, but if the passwords are properly encrypted, your information might still be safe.
Unfortunately all of the hacked sites this week were horribly irresponsible in how they handled users' passwords.
