On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:05 PM, John Lockard <[email protected]> wrote:
> One problem with LinkedIn, at this point, is they still (last I read) don't > know how the passwords hashes were stolen. So, changing your password > means they just have to steal it again. LinkedIn hasn't said anything > about adding a salt or any other changes regarding how they deal with > passwords. With the current level of known insecurity at LinkedIn, I think > it would be a better recommendation for people to delete their accounts. > http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/06/06/linkedin-member-passwords-compromised/ ...includes this snippet: > enhanced security we just recently put in place, which includes hashing and salting of our current password databases. (Which implies that the passwords weren't hashed until recently... Buh?) Given that it's likely that any malefactor who has continued access to the passwords will be able to pull more than just that data, I'm not sure that deleting your account will do much to help. You don't really believe that "deleting your account" actually makes all the other data about you in their database go away, do you? Personally, I find their service useful and, since I use a unique password there, I'm happy to change it a bit more frequently just to be sure it's just me using the website in my name. Don't get me wrong, though; this is a screwup of historic proportions. (I'm also amused by the number of previously-idle people who've updated their info and added new links while they happened to be logged in to update their password. Silver lining for the linkedin folks, I guess. :-) -Luke
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