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Yes they said that in the first paragraph of the incident report you posted a link to ;) Unfortunately, the passwords were hashed with the SHA1 hashing algorit
by runesoerensen 10y ago
Yes they said that in the first paragraph of the incident report you posted a link to ;)
Unfortunately, the passwords were hashed with the SHA1 hashing algorithm, which by today’s standards is considered weak
Also, hashing != encryption
- tempestn 10y agoAhh thanks. I read the email they sent out, which had very similar content, but omitted that bit. Just skimmed the post itself, but obviously missed that key info. Interesting that they don't include strengthening their encryption (ok, hashing) in the list of steps they plan to take, but presumably they will.
- runesoerensen 10y agoFrom the same incident report: When users reset their password, we’re going to be hashing it with the bcrypt algorithm with a strong cost value.
- tempestn 10y agoMy god, I swear they're ninja editing the thing on me! I'm really not normally someone to comment before RTFA. Thanks for patiently leading me through it. :P