IOS applications, according to foreign media reports, professional
networking site LinkedIn will collect in the device calendar to complete
a detailed record of information sent back to the company, and in plain
text form, so the alleged infringement of user privacy. Said the
current account of about 6.5 million LinkedIn users plaintext and
encrypted password is compromised.
It is reported that the message from the Norwegian IT website Dagens IT reported that exposure of 6.5 million encrypted password to be sent to a Russian hacker site. A security researchers Pearl Per Thorsheim confirmed the news through his Twitter, he also revealed that the attacker has been sending out encrypted passwords to find the crack.
Finland is responsible for security sector "Emergency Response Team (CERT-Fi) to the user warning Although the details of the user has not yet been leaked, but the attacker is likely to crack the password into the user's database, it is proposed that the majority of users change your password as soon as possible.
Sha1 collision tools on the network users, casually tested a few, can successfully restore the plaintext information, and to draw attention to the registered users on LinkedIn, the speed to change the password (http://www.linkedin.com/passwordReset) it!
The line also has a LinkedIn users have confirmed that his password stolen. At the time of LinkedIn this not make a positive response, so more than the authenticity of the message have not been confirmed.
Background
LinkedIn is a social network for business customers (SNS) site, was established in December 2002 and launched in 2003. The purpose of the website allows registered users to maintain the contacts they know and trust in commercial exchanges, commonly known as "contacts" (Connections,). Users can invite people to become "relationship" (Connections,) circle of people he knew. Linkedin users billions of dollars, per second on average there is a new member to join. About half of the members of its members in the United States, 11 million from Europe.
It is reported that the message from the Norwegian IT website Dagens IT reported that exposure of 6.5 million encrypted password to be sent to a Russian hacker site. A security researchers Pearl Per Thorsheim confirmed the news through his Twitter, he also revealed that the attacker has been sending out encrypted passwords to find the crack.
Finland is responsible for security sector "Emergency Response Team (CERT-Fi) to the user warning Although the details of the user has not yet been leaked, but the attacker is likely to crack the password into the user's database, it is proposed that the majority of users change your password as soon as possible.
Sha1 collision tools on the network users, casually tested a few, can successfully restore the plaintext information, and to draw attention to the registered users on LinkedIn, the speed to change the password (http://www.linkedin.com/passwordReset) it!
The line also has a LinkedIn users have confirmed that his password stolen. At the time of LinkedIn this not make a positive response, so more than the authenticity of the message have not been confirmed.
Background
LinkedIn is a social network for business customers (SNS) site, was established in December 2002 and launched in 2003. The purpose of the website allows registered users to maintain the contacts they know and trust in commercial exchanges, commonly known as "contacts" (Connections,). Users can invite people to become "relationship" (Connections,) circle of people he knew. Linkedin users billions of dollars, per second on average there is a new member to join. About half of the members of its members in the United States, 11 million from Europe.
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