Scrub 6.5 Million – It Was 117 Million Passwords Stolen From LinkedIn in 2012
Four years ago approximately 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords found their way on to a Russian password forum. The incident was a huge embarrassment for LinkedIn, and although hashed, the passwords were not salted, and were consequently relatively easy to crack.
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