LINKEDIN HACKED; 6.46 MILLION PASSWORDS LEAKED ONLINE
A user on a Russian forum has claimed to accept downloaded 6.46 million user hashed passwords from LinkedIn.
It looks as admitting some of the weaker passwords — about 300,000 of them — may accept been absurd already. Other users accept been credible extensive out to adolescent hackers in an credible bid to seek advice in arise the encryption.
Finnish aegis close CERT-FI is admonishing that the hackers may accept admission to user email addresses also, admitting they arise encrypted and unreadable.
A antecedent said they had searched and credible their countersign in the cache. It has been appear that the passwords were encrypted application the SHA-1 algorithm — which is accepted for its flaws — but unless a countersign is weak, it may yield a while to break the actual cache.
LinkedIn has added than 150 actor users worldwide. This credible drudge could affect beneath than 10 percent of its user base, but it will bang a damaging draft to the ‘professional’ amusing network’s reputation.
It is brash users change their passwords as a basic measure.
LinkedIn said it was “looking into reports of stolen passwords” on its official Twitter account.
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