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scscholar

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1. Why does no one at these corporations ever go to prison for this crime?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:30 PM

Aug 2016

They knew simple hashes were insecure, but still forced their users to use them. Now, the hash of my password is out in the wild. Someone is probably going to steal my money. Steal my money.

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Dropbox hack leads to dumping of 68m user passwords on the internet [View all] Miles Archer Aug 2016 OP

Why does no one at these corporations ever go to prison for this crime? scscholar Aug 2016 #1

The problem is mitigated if the user doesn't recycle passwords. apnu Sep 2016 #9

When did Kinda Sleazie take over DropBox? WhiteTara Aug 2016 #2

When Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #3

The fuckers! They sent out the email, but it didn't say they'd been hacked muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #4

Use salt... reACTIONary Aug 2016 #5

This is what I do. Codeine Aug 2016 #7

I do something similar too. PersonNumber503602 Sep 2016 #10

This works Egnever Aug 2016 #6

That's the one I got too and went meh. uppityperson Sep 2016 #8