This episode drudges up some embarrassing history for LinkedIn.
Because of the company’s old security policy, these passwords are easy for hackers to crack in a matter of days.
Companies typically protect customer passwords by encrypting them. But at the time of the2012 data breach, LinkedIn hadn’t added a pivotal layer of security that makes the jumbled text harder to decode.
Put on the defensive, LinkedIn is now scrambling to try to stop people from sharing the stolen goods online — often an impractical task. The company is also invalidating all customer passwords that haven’t been updated since they were stolen.
LinkedIn said it’s reaching out to individual members affected by the breach. This particular hack affects a quarter of the company’s 433 million members. For the full article click here
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