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>>7 digit alphanumeric ...could mean anything from myacct1 to iS2xd45 Since the password is no longer in use (only assuming), it would be interesting to know
by smadam9 14y ago
>>7 digit alphanumeric
...could mean anything from myacct1 to iS2xd45
Since the password is no longer in use (only assuming), it would be interesting to know what it was - perhaps the reason that it was hacked was that it simply was easy to brute force due to common dictionary words?
Just throwing an (possibly wrong) idea out there.
- bigiain 14y agoThat still rasies some questions. You're either implying Apple allow enough login attempts for brute force against their live web services to be possible, or that someon somehow got hold of the password hash. Without knowing the guy, I strongly suspect a reused password that was exposed somewhere other than Apple/iCloud. Anyone want to bet against this Gizmodo guy's password being in the Gawker password dump?
- bigiain 14y agoI guess I owe @mat an apology here - it seems Apple's customer service was at fault, not @mat's password reuse practices…