Russian hackers released a list of passwords this week,
and on Wednesday security researchers identified the likely source as LinkedIn sites. The 6.5 million leaked passwords, camouflaged with a common cryptographic code called SHA-1 hash, were posted Monday on a Russian
online forum. It's a format that's considered weak, if added precautions aren't taken. Roughly
half of the "hashed" passwords already have been decoded and posted
online in human-readable text.
If you use LinkedIn, it's recommended that for your own protection, you immediately change your password.
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