{"id":725,"date":"2012-06-07T09:21:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T08:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsrcharteredaccountants.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2019-02-02T16:51:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T16:51:02","slug":"linkedin-passwords-leaked-by-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsrcharteredaccountants.com\/linkedin-passwords-leaked-by-hackers","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Passwords Leaked by Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LinkedIn has confirmed the rumors that some of its user password<em>s<\/em> have been compromised. Some six million passwords have been said to be compromised, according to news sources this morning.<\/h2>\n<p>LinkedIn\u00a0confirmed that some passwords have been compromised\u00a0and said it would contact affected users with details on how to change their password.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers posted a file containing encrypted passwords onto a Russian web forum.<\/p>\n<p>Although usernames associated with the passwords were not released, the passwords themselves will surely be used to help reverse-engineer other cryptography systems.\u00a0Some sources have revealed that\u00a0we can\u00a0also expect to see these passwords added to dictionary lists of programs that attempt to break into various accounts.<\/p>\n<p>In other words \u2014 if you\u2019re a LinkedIn user, no matter how strong your password seemed \u2014 it\u2019s a good idea to go ahead and change it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn has confirmed the rumors that some of its user passwords have been compromised. Some six million passwords have been said to be compromised, according to news sources this morning. LinkedIn\u00a0confirmed that some passwords have been compromised\u00a0and said it would contact affected users with details on how to change their password. 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