-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-20 22:52, [email protected] wrote: > They claim that the passwords are encrypted, but as someone who is > somewhat knowledgeable on SQL, I can say they likely used a > one-way encryption method like SHA1 or MD5. This means that if you > had a weak password, anyone could easily reverse the hash using a > rainbow table (or one of the many websites that already have a huge > collection of hash cracks easily available). Let this be a warning > to anyone in the future who uses a weak password for any websites.
A weak password, re-use of passwords, etc... While on the subject: Ubuntuforums.org cracker promises no password release http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/23/ubuntuforums_cracker_promises_no_password_release/ F. - -- Fabián Rodríguez http://fsf.magicfab.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlHvt1MACgkQfUcTXFrypNUXagCgsNvgMsWSglo7oGA3qYNtdwup efIAoMcf6c+00fewkrHEHVnrWLaqU1Dt =MIvb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
