[Chapter-delegates] [DNB] LinkedIn investigating reports that 6.46 million hashed passwords have leaked online (fwd)

[Elena Zvarici]

I am using Lastpass. Works great so far. 
They havent leaked yet, but if they do... 


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Către: "Veni Markovski" <veni at veni.com> 
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Trimis: joi, 7 iunie, 2012 19:52:58 
Subiect: Re: [Chapter-delegates] [DNB] LinkedIn investigating reports that 6.46 million hashed passwords have leaked online (fwd) 


Veni, what do you think of lastpass? 
On Jun 7, 2012 11:42 AM, "Veni Markovski" < veni at veni.com > wrote: 



Thank you, Lucy. 

And in case some of you have used the same password somewhere else, make sure you change that one, too. If you cannot remember all different passwords / logins, try using some software, like 1password (unless it also has issues - Marcin, others?). More here: http://mashable.com/2012/06/06/linkedin-password-check/ 

veni 

On 06/06/2012 18:58, Lucy Lynch wrote: 
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All - 

For those linkedin users out there (and you know who you are) - 
Please take a minute to login and change your password to something 
long, easy to remember, and secure (see below) - 

https://xkcd.com/936/ 

Thanks - 

Lucy Lynch 
Trust and Identity Initiatives 
Internet Society (ISOC ) 

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Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:51:42 +0100 
From: Ian Cook <ian at cymru.com> 
To: ians_dragon_newsbytes at lists.cymru.com 
Subject: [DNB] LinkedIn investigating reports that 6.46 million hashed passwords 
have leaked online 

Title: LinkedIn investigating reports that 6.46 million hashed 
passwords have leaked online 
Author: Aaron Souppouris 
Source: The Verge 
Date Published: 6th June 2012 

Excerpt: 

'....A user in a Russian forum is claiming to have hacked LinkedIn 
to the tune of almost 6.5 million account details. The user uploaded 
6,458,020 hashed passwords, but no usernames. It's not clear if they 
managed to download the usernames, but it's likely that both have 
been downloaded.There is a possibility that this could be a hoax, 
but several people have said on Twitter that they found their real 
LinkedIn passwords as hashes on the list. Many of the hashes include 
"linkedin," which seems to add credence to the claims. 

We spoke with Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure, 
who thinks this is "a real collection." He told us he is "guessing 
it's some sort of exploit on their web interface, but there's no way 
to know. I am sure sure LinkedIn will fill us in sooner or later.".....' 

To read the complete article see: 
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/6/3067523/linkedin-password-leak-online 


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