Password theft

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  6 June 2012     19:36176785
  #1      
  something for our professional members to look out for.
  
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9314332/LinkedIn-investigates-theft-of-6.5-million-passwords.html
• Guest 686

  • Registered: 5 May 2009
  • Posts: 556
  7 June 2012     16:04176914
  #2      
  Heard this reported on the news this morning. A bit disconcerting that LinkdIn were hacked in the first place. I would have thought a major player like that would have had better security.
  
  So who's going to take the time and trouble to change all their passwords then?
  Phil West
  If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!!