Poor Passwords, Poor Security

July 25, 2013

Last December, hackers stumbled upon a treasure trove: Security problems with the site of social networking application maker RockYou allowed anyone to access a massive list of passwords belonging to its users.

Hackers discussed the site’s weak security extensively in an online forum. Read on http://ow.ly/n4NBU

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